There are things that are difficult to assimilate. Till now the new moto2 category was beeing a big success, with a lot of projects going on (BQR, LaGlisse, Moriwaki, Arbizu, Promoracing, Inmotec, Cosentino Engineering, Fabrication Techniques, Bottpower, etc) and even a motorbike (BQR) already on the tarmac.
Also, some engine manufacturers (Ilmor, Maxsym) already showed interest in building engines for moto2.
But some days ago, during the IRTA test in Jerez, the FIM president Vito Ippolito declared in a press conference that the MSMA (Motorcycle Manufacturers Association, consist of Aprilia, Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha) made an unanimous proposal for a single engine for moto2 category. This means that all the bikes would have identical engines made by a single engine manufacturer.
By the moment they didn’t give more details, I guess that the “old” moto2 technical rules are not valid anymore. The first reactions to this single engine proposal are that BQR team shelves their project, and that Ten Kate team declared they lose interest in moto2. Now I wonder what will happen with Dorna plans to race moto2 in the CEV during current 2009 season.
Logically in Bottpower we also “freeze” our project, waiting to see the end of this story. It is a pity because till now I was really happy about how everything was going on regarding our project in particular and the new moto2 category in general.