Is the German company preparing for the big leap?
In 2027, MotoGP will change a lot in terms of regulations, with engines going from 1000 to 850 cc and with aerodynamics that will be limited. Furthermore, lowering devices will be banned, both front and rear. The goal of Dorna – and Liberty – as happened in F1 is to try to convince other manufacturers to enrich the starting grid that recently saw the farewell of Suzuki at the end of 2022. What could happen is a passing of the baton between Suzuki and BMWnot only figuratively, but literally as well.
According to the newspaper motorsportmagazine.com in an article by the authoritative journalist Mat Oxley, in the Silverstone paddock on the occasion of the last weekend that saw the MotoGP return from the summer break, The rumour has emerged that BMW spent 18 million euros to buy data relating to Suzuki’s last racing seasons in MotoGP.
The data in question represents vital information for engineers to begin preparing a possible arrival in MotoGP not starting from scratch, but with a mass of information capable of directing the design and development work. Suzuki was running with a inline four-cylinder enginethe same philosophy as BMW, a design philosophy that could be encouraged by the 2027 regulations in which cornering ability will be fundamental, probably more than acceleration and top speed, ‘fundamentals’ which have been put on hold by reducing the engine capacity for reasons mainly linked to the safety of increasingly high-performance prototypes.
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