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Take away traction control and electronics and will prove who the real racers are like Rossi, Edwards, Toseland. Stoner will be falling everywhere again just like he was on the LCR 990 as soon as he changed to the Ducati with rider aids he was king but what happens when everyone will be on the same tyres he'll throw all his toys outta his pram

the only way to make moto gp work is as we had it in the 60s get full grids 30 to40 starters and treat it as a development class cut down on the rules and let the great one man bands of engineers like the great helmet fath built one off engines who beat bmw.

Get rid of the electronics which will make racing much cheaper and show the best riders too. Too many rider aids in Moto GP!!!

INVALID COMMENT!!! Some cheap bint can tell us which web site to find cheapies but I can't make a real comment about the above story!!!!!!!!

It's sad to see them go.
The MotoGP class needs to be opened up for a bigger variety of engines-the less rules the better. I would love to see the two strokes back!
Actually, two strokes can be clean with modern engine management. Bimota almost had it right with the vDue, but introduced it before it was really ready.

To save the sport, a re-think is obvious, but how come we can all see that. Yet, IRTA and the FIM can't? My point concerning, what has the four stroke era brought" was aimed at asking...exactly that, what has it done for the sport itself? The last two years of the 990cc class was the closest and best action packed since the start of the four stroke era. Yet, we have not seen or heard a 6 cylinder, or a five cylinder, or a three cylinder in the new era of 800cc races. And no one will think about making them as the weight and other limits imposed on them mean they are behind the easier to run 4 cylinders.

I heard that the average WSB team budget was about £2.5m - pound for pound that has to be much better value for a manufacturer. The costs involved in MotoGP (and Formula 1) are pure madness..... a budget cap has to be the only way forward, can't believe it will slow down development reaching road going machinery

I personaly do not think that they would have pulled out IF they had been doing better , say beating the other small factorys ,but as the above says ....20 points for a return of $300.....you can understand why they pulled out!.I hope that they stick with Paul Bird in WSB ,because if its one man WHO can turn it around for the factory its him.However l do not think that they will be the last team to pull out ,and put all there resources behind WSB, in my humble veiw ,the biggest @#$%-up was to turn to the 800's instead of the 990.......( thank HRC for that !!) we shall see eh?.

It is a shame to see Kawasaki go, but in the current world financial climate it must be difficult for a manufacturer to justify the cost of a racing program in bike or car racing when they are laying off staff or at best putting factories on short time. The long term survival of these companies and their eventual return to the sport must be more important than the short term diminished fields. As for the the four stroke era doing nothing for GP racing, when was the last time you bought a two stroke road bike? I'm not a tree hugger by any means but the two stroke engine is just not acceptable in to-days world. I'm not sure about a return to 990's but it would be good to remove traction control and see what happens. I seem to remember Stoner was rubbish without it and most riders now rely on the electronics as much as riding skill.

An emergency package needs to be put in place now, not later, it's time the FIM and IRTA became pro-active. Forget changing the class, as the 600cc class was reliant on the fielding of Kawasaki, BMW, Suzuki and Yamaha, but now Kawasaki has withdrawn from Motogp, so where does it leave the Moto2 series? In fairness to Chris Vermulen, his idea of bringing back the 990cc bikes, to coin himself with Rossi is part of a growing action from the riders, with Gibernau, Hayden, Capirossi and Edwards calling for it. Could it be the end of Motogp? When the riders get dispondant, they turn their back on the sport in favour of other routes. WSB would attract Rossi, his rivalry with several WSB riders makes it a possibility nowadays, and certainly Vermulen and Edwards, maybe even Toseland would relish a chance to really show they can match him. It's time for a change. It's time to admit, the four stroke era did nothing for GP racing. It's time to find a new stage to show bike racing is the best motor sport around. Because, right now, Motogp is killing the famed closeness and action style that bike racing is famous for.

An emergency package needs to be put in place now, not later, it's time the FIM and IRTA became pro-active. Forget changing the class, as the 600cc class was reliant on the fielding of Kawasaki, BMW, Suzuki and Yamaha, but now Kawasaki has withdrawn from Motogp, so where does it leave the Moto2 series? In fairness to Chris Vermulen, his idea of bringing back the 990cc bikes, to coin himself with Rossi is part of a growing action from the riders, with Gibernau, Hayden, Capirossi and Edwards calling for it. Could it be the end of Motogp? When the riders get dispondant, they turn their back on the sport in favour of other routes. WSB would attract Rossi, his rivalry with several WSB riders makes it a possibility nowadays, and certainly Vermulen and Edwards, maybe even Toseland would relish a chance to really show they can match him. It's time for a change. It's time to admit, the four stroke era did nothing for GP racing. It's time to find a new stage to show bike racing is the best motor sport around. Because, right now, Motogp is killing the famed closeness and action style that bike racing is famous for.