[kropotkin thinks...] - Crunching The Numbers: Measuring The Progress Of MotoGP's CRT

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The introduction of the Claiming Rule Team regulations into MotoGP has divided fans and followers into two distinct camps. The anti camp have decried the CRT machines as thinly disguised World Superbike machines, claiming that allowing the use of production machinery into MotoGP is a betrayal of the spirit of Grand Prix racing. The pro camp, on the other hand, argue that the CRT machines are MotoGP's salvation, and a return to Grand Prix racing's roots - the Manx Norton was, after all, a development of the Norton International, and the very first 500cc two stroke machines to be raced were based on roadgoing engines from Suzuki and Kawasaki.

Much of the debate has of course centered on the ability of the CRT machines to be competitive, or whether they will be so slow as to form a danger to the factory riders, being lapped several times a race. While the CRT machines had barely turned a wheel on track, those questions were impossible to answer, but now that the CRT machines have had a few outings in public, it is possible to start drawing some preliminary conclusions.

Source:
http://www.motogp.com/en/TestResults...ng+Test+2+2012


http://www.motogp.com/en/TestResults...pang+Test+2012


http://www.motomatters.com/news/2012/01/31/2012_valencia_crt_test_day_2_...


http://www.motomatters.com/results/2012/02/22/2012_jerez_crt_private_tes...




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