KOMPAS.com – The four manufacturers in MotoGP are reportedly not happy after KTM and Aprilia received permission to develop the engine for the 2021 season.
Initially, both KTM and Aprilia became the manufacturers that were exempted from the engine development freeze regulation compared to the other four manufacturers with non-concession status, namely Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Ducati.
However, the latest news, as part of cost-saving measures after the pandemic, all manufacturers agreed to stop developing the engine, including KTM and Aprilia.
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Compiled from Motorsport, last week, KTM was allowed to develop their engine for MotoGP next season.
In fact, KTM has lost its status as a concession team following the victories of their two riders, Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) and Miguel Oliveira (KTM Tech 3) in the Czech MotoGP and the 2020 Styria MotoGP.
“We believe KTM is preparing a ‘super engine’ program for 2021,” a source told Motorsport.
“Unlike others, they will be able to open and touch the machine without any restrictions.”
“In fact, they can make it completely new again if they want,” he added.
Launch from Automotive Compass, since 2013, in MotoGP there is such a thing as a concession team, which applies to manufacturers who have just joined.
The holders of this status are factory teams that haven’t won a win or a podium in two years.
The concession team is given several advantages to make it quickly compete or competitive with its competitors who have long joined MotoGP and KTM has lost that status due to the victories of Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira.
The original MSMA proposal allowed KTM to continue development of their two additional engines.
With this, KTM will have nine engines for each of their riders for next season, while the opposing team will only have seven engines.
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This is what then annoys other manufacturers in MotoGP.
The MotoGP Grand Prix Commission also intervened.
“Any manufacturer who has concessions in the 2020 season and who starts 2021 without them, will be subject to the engine homologation regulations from the first event of the 2021 season, in which the specifications must be presented to the Technical Director,” wrote the MotoGP.
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