Camier in line for Ioda MotoGP seat 02/12/2013
Camier is considering his MotoGP career
Camier in line for Ioda MotoGP seat Camier in line for Ioda MotoGP seat 02/12/2013
By David Miller Image by GeeBee Images
Former British Superbike Champion Leon Camier is assessing an option to join MotoGP with the Ioda team as well as two further opportunities to remain in the World Superbike Championship next season.
The Kent man was left in the lurch by his former Crescent Suzuki team after they decided to hire Eugene Laverty instead of re-signing Camier but it could have been a blessing in disguise.
Ioda are in advanced negotiations with Aprilia to lease a brace of 2014 ART bikes next season and have already signed Danilo Petrucci. Camier is first in line for the second bike but says a few small areas have to be worked out.
"It is the favoured option for me but we need to work out some of the smaller details first. I think it would be beneficial to get into MotoGP and this looks like a perfect way to do it, given the direction in which the rules are heading," said Camier, speaking to bikesportnews.com from Andorra.
"We are still in talks with two World Superbike teams and also have some options in the BSB paddock too so it doesn't look like I will be left with nothing to race in 2014."
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07 December 2013
“We might see some of these Open MotoGP bikes quicker than our [factory] bikes so we might soon all switch to that class” - Herve Poncharal
EXCLUSIVE Herve Poncharal (IRTA) - Q&A
Herve Poncharal (IRTA) - MotoGP Q&A
In the third and final part of an exclusive interview with Herve Poncharal, conducted at the Australian MotoGP, attention turns to the financial side of motorcycle grand prix racing and the future of the world championship.
In addition to running his Tech 3 team in MotoGP and Moto2, Poncharal is also president of the teams' association IRTA, representing the organisation during meetings of the Grand Prix Commission - alongside Dorna, FIM and MSMA - which decides the rules and regulations.
Click Here to read part one of the interview, focusing on the Tech 3 MotoGP team, and Click Here for part two, about the Tech 3 Moto2 team...
Crash.net:
As president of IRTA, how do you feel about the MotoGP championship in general?
Herve Poncharal:
So, let me make clear that the MotoGP championship is run by Dorna and FIM. I am only the IRTA representative, or president - but I don't want to sound pretentious!
Nothing is perfect, but when you look back at what happened when we switched from two-stroke 500cc to four-stroke MotoGP [for 2002], everything we did at the beginning was under a lot of criticism: 'What are you doing? Grand prix is two-stroke, this is shit, it is going to clash with World Superbike.'
Then when we changed from 250cc to Moto2 [in 2010] - that was also going to be a complete disaster: '250 is the class that can make strong riders for MotoGP, they can learn because a 250 is a proper racing bike, blah blah blah'.
Moto2 is a real success. It is cheaper than 250 was. It is completely open because anybody has the package to win, which was not the case in 250. And when you see what Marc, Stefan Bradl and Bradley Smith are doing, you cannot say that Moto2 is not preparing riders to be strong in MotoGP.
Then Moto3 [which replaced 125cc in 2012] is producing some really, really exciting racing. We are working on making sure that the costs are not too high - there will be some decisions taken for next year and the year after so that it is affordable and open in terms of competition. I'm quite happy about that.
In MotoGP we introduced the [privateer] CRT class [in 2012], which was under a lot of criticism also. 'What is this? It is Superbike'. Which is true, but what do you do?
Crash.net:
There would only have been twelve bikes on the grid without CRT...
Herve Poncharal:erve Poncharal (IRTA) - MotoGP Q&A
Everybody was laughing at CRT at first, but if you look this year Espargaro is finishing in front of some of the factory bikes in almost every race. He is doing some incredible qualifying. In two years the level of CRT has improved so much. Just ask [Ducati riders] Hernandez, Iannone or Pirro if it's easy to beat the fastest CRT. It's not easy.
Crash.net:
Cal [Crutchlow] mentioned that unless someone like Casey Stoner rides the CRT bikes, you don't know what the real difference to the factory bikes is…
Herve Poncharal:
Exactly. I fully agree.
I believe also that the concept of CRT has not only helped put more bikes on the grid, but now we have reached agreement with the manufacturers who understand that they have to help.
Next year Honda will bring the Production Racer which, I believe, will be quite competitive. What Yamaha is doing [engine lease with Forward Racing] is also interesting.
It is exciting because these bikes represent the future in a way, because we know that the factories are only allowed to use their own ECU software until 2016. At the moment. It might be brought forward.
Everybody else but the factory bikes - from Honda, Yamaha and Ducati - will be using the complete championship [control] ECU system. But we might see some of these Open bikes quicker than our [factory] bikes so we might soon all switch to that class.
Crash.net:
Is it a turning point in the direction of the championship?
Herve Poncharal:
Clearly for next year the MotoGP 'norm' is the Open class, the bikes using the championship ECU and 24 litres of fuel. The exception is going to be the factory class bikes, which until 2016 are allowed to use their own software.
Until this year the norm has been the factory bikes, with 21 litres, and the exception has been the CRT class. Now CRT is gone and the Open class is the MotoGP class. This is the future.
Until 2016 any factory that wants to join, can join with their own software but that means 20 litres and five engines for the season.
So I believe next year the grid will be much more competitive with guys like Aleix Espargaro on the Open Yamaha, Nicky Hayden and Scott Redding on the Open Honda.
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Τελευταία τροποποίηση από GIOTIS750; 08/12/2013 στις 09:49.
Δημ. - Πιστεύεις ότι ο Ρόσσι είχε δίκιο σχετικά με τη Ντουκάτι?
Ντοβιτσιόζο - Εεεε ας πούμε ότι εκείνος έκανε 2 χρόνια που πήγαν κάπως διαφορετικά.
Ο καθένας είχε τις δικές τους προσδοκίες. Δεν θέλω να σχολιάσω τι πέρασε (χαχα)
εκείνος....
:rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao:
(Ούτε στη Σεπάνγκ το νέο μοντέλο)
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Τελευταία τροποποίηση από MG-KTiNoS; 09/12/2013 στις 16:05.
ανανήψαντας
το φτωχικό του Χόρχε...
http://bcove.me/jttqds4q
ανανήψαντας
ο Ρόσσι πήρε και Βιρτζίλιο Φερράρι στο τιμ Ιτάλια (μοτο3)
(δεν κάνει πλάκα τελικά, το έχει πάρει ζεστά το πράμα)
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