FIM President Vito Ippolito and Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta finally confirmed after several months of speculation and discussions that MotoGP will run a 1000cc engine capacity from 2012.

MotoGP will go back to 1,000cc four-stroke engines, but with a maximum of four cylinders and a maximum cylinder bore measurement of 81 mm.

“At the beginning of next year we will produce the new rules in a more complete format but that is the basis; 2012 will be the year of a new era of MotoGP.” said FIM president Vito Ippolito.

“It was a very important meeting to decide the future of the MotoGP class. From 2012 the bikes will have an engine capacity of up to 1000cc, have up to four cylinders and the maximum bore will be 81mm. It’s a very important measurement because with this we can have all the characteristics of the engine. This has been approved and between now and the start of the 2010 season we will have another two meetings to define the rest of the specifications for this new class.” stated Carmelo Ezpeleta.

You can read the official document here and you can see that most of the rules regard Moto2, but the current MotoGP class has had some rules tweaked, including a weight increase for the bikes from 148kg to 150kg, and tires for the entire weekend will be reduced from 20 to 18.

After complaints by the manufacturers regarding the 10 point penalty on the constructors standings for infringing the engine durability rule (in 2010, 6 engines for 18 races) has been changed again with the brunt falling on the riders, who instead of starting at the back of the grid will now have to start from the pitlane 20 seconds after the start of the race or if an extra engine is used during the race the riders will get a ride through penalty.

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In today’s press conference in Jerez, Vito Ippolito President of the FIM and Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta outlined the new rules that will be introduced for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

2009:

1) From the Czech Republic GP in Brno and for the final seven races of the season riders will be allowed to use only five engines.

2) Two post race sessions will remain, Barcellona and Brno where official riders can partecipate and not only test riders as previously announced.

2010:

1) The number of engines to be used for the entire 18 race season will be 6 and they will be sealed and a remote monitoring system system will be put into operation and engines checked as a rider leaves the pitlane.

2) A 10 point penalty will be applied if teams are forced to change engines and will be applied to a rider’s championship standings and 10 points will also be deducted from manufacturers standings, which includes satellite bikes.

Continue reading: MotoGP: New Rules for 2009 and 2010

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