FIM Go For 600 Fours to Replace 250GP

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FIM Go For 600 Fours to Replace 250GP RealMart 06-27-2008
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Posted by Bummers on July 9, 2008, 7:11 am
Or Hydrogen fuel cell power for 250 replacement & electricity for 125s -
the days of carbon based fuels are nearly over (& I can't afford them)

Bummers

Block wrote:
>> Hidden in an FIM press release that pretended to be about fuel
>> compositions is this little gem:
>>
>> "The Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Carmelo Ezpeleta
>> (Dorna, Chairman), Claude Danis (FIM), Herv Poncharal (IRTA) and
>> Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA), in the presence of M. Paul Butler (Secretary
>> of the meeting), in a meeting held today at the circuit of Assen,
>> unanimously decided to introduce the following change to the FIM Road
>> Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations:
>>
>> Replacement of the 250cc class
>>
>> "For application from 1.1.2011, the Grand Prix Commission accepted the
>> following proposal, taken by the majority of members of MSMA: 4-stroke
>> engines of 600cc maximum and 4 cylinders maximum. A request will be
>> sent to all manufacturers. The candidatures of the manufacturers
>> interested in taking part in the new class must be sent to the FIM and
>> Dorna by July 31, 2008 at the latest. More precise technical
>> specifications will then be discussed and established."
>>
>
> Let's make that 400cc fours and 600cc twins...
>
>

Posted by T Block on July 10, 2008, 12:49 am

> Or Hydrogen fuel cell power for 250 replacement & electricity for 125s -
> the days of carbon based fuels are nearly over (& I can't afford them)
>


For the F2 class let's make that 400cc four-stroke fours and 600cc
four-stroke twins...

Then for the F3 class make that 600cc four-stroke singles...and maybe make
that 600cc four-stroke air-cooled singles.



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