FEATURE
MOTOGP BOSSES
P74
(Motorcycle Sports Manufactur-
ers Assn.) to help make those
decisions: Repsol Honda's Team
Principal Livio Suppo, Yamaha
Racing's Managing Director Lin
Jarvis and Ducati Corse's Sport-
ing Director Paolo Ciabatti.
EVENING THE PLAYING FIELD
Before the start of the 2014
season in Qatar, the Grand Prix
Commission released rules (see
the Fine Print sidebar) to clarify
>>THE FINE PRINT
*Manufacturer with entries under
the factory option that has not
achieved a win in dry conditions in
the previous year, or new Manufac-
turer entering the Championship, is
entitled to use 12 engines per rider
per season (no design freezing),
24 liters of fuel and the same tires
allocation and testing opportuni-
ties as the Open category. This
concession is valid until the start of
the 2016 season.
*The above concessions will
be reduced under the following
circumstances:
Should any rider, or combination
of riders nominated by the same
Manufacturer, participating under
the conditions of described above,
achieve a race win, two second
places or three podium places in
dry conditions during the 2014 sea-
son then for that Manufacturer the
fuel tank capacity will be reduced
to 22 liters. Furthermore, should
the same Manufacturer achieve
three race wins in the 2014 sea-
son, the manufacturer would also
lose the right to use the soft tires
available to Open category entries.
