MOTOGP REGULATIONS OF 2012, AMENDMENTS TO Moto2

The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme), through a press release issued on 17 February announced that following a meeting of the Grand Prix Commission, were introduced amendments to regulations Road Racing World Grand Prix that will be applied from 2012 for the MotoGP season and will have immediate effect as regards the Moto2.

Among the innovations on the technical specifications of the elite class of importance is the minimum weight of the new 1000cc, which will consist in 153 kg, while for the houses is continuing the design of the 800s will be 3 kg less. The maximum number of cylinders is four, while the diameter of them was set at 81 mm. The capacity of the tank instead is placed at 21 liters.

Have also been introduced for the specific customer teams, which will have 12 engines, a pilot for the entire season (as opposed to only 6 for the teams official), while the capacity of the reservoir can be up to a maximum of 24 liters. At the end of May we will define the full modalities for the regulation on satellite team / private partnerships.

As for the Moto2, category under the magnifying glass that will bring something new, changes to the regulation are far more substantial and cover only the definition, specifications and interventions related to the engine.
Propeller to be used strictly in a full version produced by the official supplier (Honda, ed). Any change to the design and specifications of the engine must be approved by both the supplier and organizer, and so applies to new technologies: the cylinder head and valve design, the mechanisms of the latter and any alternative fuel, these details should But the principles of cost reduction and control of the same long-term.

The official supplier of specific parts can be modified from time to time, to improve the reliability and operation. All engines supplied for the teams will be identical specifications and performance, measured through the use of the dynamometer under standard conditions by the supplier, must be within the range of tolerance agreed between it and the organizers.

A very important point concerns the possibility of replacing the engine if performance is lower than those provided by the range agreed between the organizers and suppliers. In this case, the team must send a written request to the Technical Director accompanied by a deposit of twenty thousand euro for each all'IRTA concerned. If the technical director permits the application passes the word to the race direction, which must give approval and the engine will be sent to the supplier who, after careful testing, will send the report back to the technical director.
If it appears that the engine is within the parameters, the same will be returned to the team and will be available for the next match, but the deposit paid will not be receivable by the team. Otherwise, vendors will provide all of the new one, and twenty thousand euro deposit back to the team.

Last mention must be made with regard to the parties included in what is called a motor, and therefore will be subject to the provision, including the following external parties thereto: the air-box, air filter, fuel pump and the consequent regulator, the throttle bodies, manifolds and air intake tubes, primary and secondary injectors, sleeves and ducts of gasoline.

Make the list even the electrical components as generators, ignition coils electronic control unit of the engine. Finally, under-privileged also filter the oil, coolant oil el'interruttore high pressure.



Source: bikeracing.it