Yamaha may have mathematically won the 2009 MotoGP Constructors’ Championship, with Jorge Lorenzo’s win at Estoril, but the factory can’t celebrate due to the five engine limit rule that was implemented at the Brno round.

Using more than five engines could potentially mean that a manufacturer could lose points before the end of the season, but Yamaha is pretty safe because they’ve got a 167 point lead on second place Honda.

Initially it was to be the rider, who used more than the alloted engines would be punished with a 10 point penalty on his championship standings, but the rule was modified at Estoril and rider will now have to start at the back of the grid, while it will be the manufacturer who’ll have 10 points deducted from the constructors championship classification and you can imagine they’re not happy at all and have already starting bitching about it.

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