While World Superbikes will be going to the one bike rule in 2012 as a cost saving measure and hopefully fill up their grids that are also dwindling, the British Superbike championship has confirmed during this weekend’s Brands Hatch round that they are capping their technical regulations as an effort to significantly reduce costs, improve the show and make it easier for privateers to be competitive.

The series will adopt several EVO regulations, including a control ECU which outlaws electronic aids as traction control, launch control and anti-wheelie and introduces a rev limit.

Over a period of twenty four months MSVR has engaged in detailed discussions with teams, manufacturers and other interested parties to formulate the BSB 2012-2015 technical rules. During this period the broader economic climate continues to be difficult and within world motorsport there have been many examples of manufacturers and teams reducing their activity as a consequence.

In 2010 the lower technical specification EVO category was introduced, pioneering the use of a series specified ECU, with no traction control, launch control and anti wheelie strategies as well as a one bike rule.

The quality and quantity of teams and riders in the British Superbike Championship is at an all time high, however in order to develop it even further it is clear that decisive ground breaking technical regulations are required.

The full press release and a summary of all the modifications can be read here.

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