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MotoGP needed rules revolution, says team boss

Tech 3 Yamaha boss Herve Poncharal believes that the regulations pursued by MotoGP organisers were a necessary step for the series to flourish. Feathers were ruffled when a two-tier system was unveiled in MotoGP at the end of 2011, with CRT bikes introduced alongside the factory existing machinery in response to dwindling grid numbers. One of the main features of the new subclass, recategorised as the ‘Open’ class for 2014, was the implementation of standard electronics, which will become mandatory across the board next season. A complex system of rules concessions was also brought in to help Ducati close the gap to pacesetters Honda and Yamaha, as well as to tempt Suzuki and Aprilia to...
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