Aprilia’s decision to supply a new 1000cc MotoGP bike based on its RSV4 World Superbike machine is not in the spirit of new CRT rules introduced for 2012, according to senior Ducati boss Claudio Domenicali.
The CRT rules were devised to bolster dwindling grid numbers by permitting independent teams unable to lease factory prototypes at extortionate prices to develop their own 1000cc projects at a more affordable cost.
A production-based engine like the BMW S1000R or Honda CBR1000RR could be tuned and housed in a prototype chassis and allowed to race in MotoGP.Aprilia’s decision to supply a new 1000cc MotoGP bike based on its RSV4 World Superbike machine is not in the spirit of new CRT rules introduced for 2012, according to senior Ducati boss Claudio Domenicali.
The CRT rules were devised to bolster dwindling grid numbers by permitting independent teams unable to lease factory prototypes at extortionate prices to develop their own 1000cc projects at a more affordable cost.
A production-based engine like the BMW S1000R or Honda CBR1000RR could be tuned and housed in a prototype chassis and allowed to race in MotoGP.