MV AGUSTA CEO TIMUR SARDAROV PART 2
P94
Interview
I don't really want to talk a lot
about that; I want everyone to
focus on the Brutale. But yes,
there are a few projects on that
platform that we're working on
right now.
Will the new Brutale 1000
have the SCS option?
Yes, it will.
And will you be making a
high-performance version, an
RC version of that?
Yes, it's coming up next year.
MV Agusta is going Grand
Prix racing this coming sea-
son for the first time since
1976, in the Moto2 class not
with a three-cylinder MV en-
gine, but a Triumph one. Why
do that?
Yes, we are, even if the 765cc
Triumph control motor is quite
a bit taller and bigger than our
three-cylinder MV Agusta 800
engine. We feel there are two
benefits from doing this. First,
we have a little bit of experience
in making three-cylinder bikes
that handle well, and since we're
not going to have the F4 any
more in World Superbike next
year, we still want to continue
racing, because it's part of MV's
heritage.
We've signed a four-year deal
with Forward Racing, which
used the Suter chassis until now
on their Honda-engined Moto2
bikes, but we will supply them
with MV Agusta race bikes with
Triumph control engines from
next season on, 43 years after
MV Agusta last appeared in
grand prix racing. We feel that
the Moto2 platform financially
makes more sense, and also
in terms of the media cover-
age. Moto2 has quite a bit more
potential than superbike, even if
you're using another company's
engine. For MV, we want to
be part of the MotoGP world
and learn how it functions, and
Moto2 is the most cost-effective
way of doing so at this stage.
We're keeping our race effort
financially separate from MV
Agusta Motor, because MotoGP
is a recipe for how to lose mon-
ey—but we'll be funded through
sponsors, 100 percent!
Our main objective is to con-
centrate all our financial effort
on making MV a 21st century
company in terms of product,
technology, delivery, availability,
serviceability, everything. And
for us, to divert the use of our
capital just to take part in the
MotoGP class doesn't make any
sense. But Moto2 we can afford,
and it will be a good vehicle to
generate public interest in us in
the world of racing, where MV
has such a great history. CN
No more WorldSBK—
it's Moto2 from now
on for MV Agusta.
