ROUND 14 / SEPTEMBER 20-22, 2024
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI / SAN MARINO
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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HUNGARY ON THE
2025 CALENDAR
For the first time since 1992,
MotoGP will return to Hungary
next year after it was confirmed
the new Balaton Park circuit will
host an event next August. The
current track needs major modifi-
cations before the event can take
place, including increasing the
runoff at nearly every corner. Yet
Dorna's Carlos Ezpeleta con-
firmed work is set to take place in
October to bring the track up to
spec. "It's a project we've been
working on for a long time," said
Dorna's Chief Sporting Officer.
"We'll be racing at Balaton Park,
for after 30 years it's great to be
going back to Hungary."
YAMAHA CONFIRMS
V4 DEVELOPMENT
Yamaha has confirmed it is
developing a V4 engine for its
MotoGP M1. The move repre-
sents a major departure for the
Iwata factory, which has run an
inline-four engine configuration
since MotoGP switched to four-
stroke machinery in 2002. The
engine is expected to be on track
next year. Managing Director Lin
Jarvis stated the decision was
made to partly inform Yamaha's
development direction for 2027,
when MotoGP undergoes its
biggest technical rule shake-
up since 2012. "The inline-four
still has plenty of capacity to be
developed and to be improved,"
Jarvis said. "But when you have
all of your competitors using V4s
and now as we look towards
the 2027 regulations, it's impor-
tant for us to fully understand
the potential of a V4 versus the
inline-four."
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