Sport
MotoGP
Written by : Craig Watson Craig & his wife Van
So , you ’ ve decided that 2017 will be the year that you begin following MotoGP as a sport – well done on a good decision . I ’ ll assume that you have no idea of teams and riders so we ’ ll have a quick crash course ( no pun intended ) of the different classes in MotoGP both in terms of cc ’ s as well as the difference between manufacturer and independent teams .
Photo by : Zane Quinn , 2014 Sepang , Malaysia . Moto3 riders heading into a turn showing the tight groupings
MotoGP is split into three distinct classes . Firstly , you have Moto3 , which are the smallest class at 250cc engine capacity . While they may be the smallest they ’ re a bunch of kamikaze pilots who go full taps the entire race , where a rider can go from first to tenth after a single braking cock-up in a corner , very exciting . Constructors are KTM , Honda , Mahindra and , strangely enough Peugeot , who seem to have branched out from white flag production . Secondly there ’ s Moto2 , which are 600cc bikes with a standard Honda four stroke engine for all bikes . There are various frame manufacturers but the frames are all pretty similar and a lot of the race boils down to rider ability . It ’ s really a matter of personal taste but I never have found Moto2 to be particularly engaging , hopefully that will change in 2017 but I ’ m not holding my breath .
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