MotoGP 2015

[JimClarkFan]

Regulations

Regulations for FIM governed bike racing including motogp can be found here:
http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/offici ... gulations/

In general regulations are the same as last year, with a couple of change
1- minimum weight is to be lowered by 2kg to 158kg
2- from 30th June 2015 individual software development will be halted and teams will be given standard uniform software that all teams must run from 1st July 2015 (new entries will be exempt for this year)

Class rules
courtesy of Huntresa

Factory Class

Fuel: 20 litres
Engines: 5/season
Engine Design: Frozen
ECU Hardware: Spec Magnetti Marelli
ECU Software: Free
Tyres: Spec

Open Class:

Fuel: 24 litres
Engines: 12/season
Engine Design: Free/Open
ECU Hardware: Spec Magnetti Marelli
ECU Software: Spec/Standard Magnetti Marelli
Tyres: Should have access to a softer compound( Not sure tho )

Factory 2:

Fuel: 22.5 litres
Engine: 9/season
Engine Design: Free/Open
ECU Hardware: Spec Magnetti Marelli
ECU Software: Spec/Standard Magnetti Marelli
Tyres: Should have access to a softer compound( Not sure tho )


Factory 2 is made for Open Class entries, if an Open Class entry wins a race, finishes second 2 times or finishes third 3 times they will be moved to Factory 2 rules.

Tyres

2015 tyres will be the same as last year, Bridgestone will leave the series after 2015 to be replaced by Michelin.

Extra-soft compound: Green
Soft compound: White
Medium compound: Black (no stripe)
Hard compound: Red

2015 Provisional Calendar

29 Mar - Qatar* - Doha/Losail
12 April - Americas - Austin
19 April - Argentina - Termas del Rio Hondo
03 May - Spain - Jerez de la Frontera
17 May - France - Le Mans
31 May - Italy - Mugello
14 June - Catalunya - Catalunya-Barcelona
27 June - Netherlands** - Assen
12 July - Germany - Sachsenring
09 August - Indianapolis - Indianapolis
16 August - Czech Republic - Brno
30 August - Great Britain - Donington
13 September - San Marino & Riviera di Rimini - Marco Simoncelli Misano
27 September - Aragon - Motorland
11 October - Japan - Motegi
18 October - Australia - Philip Island
25 October - Malaysia - Sepang
08 November - Valencia - Ricardo Tormo-Valencia

* Evening Race
** Saturday Race

Next Year Line Up

Repsol Honda Factory Marc Marquez 93 Spain Honda RC213V
Repsol Honda Factory Dani Pedrosa 26 Spain Honda RC213V

Movistar Yamaha Factory Valentino Rossi 46 Italy Yamaha YZR-M1
Movistar Yamaha Factory Jorge Lorenzo 99 Spain Yamaha YZR-M1

Monster Yamaha Factory Pol Espargaro 44 Spain Yamaha YZR-M1
Monster Yamaha Factory Bradley Smith 38 Britain Yamaha YZR-M1

CWM LCR Honda Factory Cal Crutchlow 35 Britain Honda RC213V
CWM LCR Honda Open Jack Miller 43 Australia Honda RC213VR-S

Estrella Galicia Honda Factory Scott Redding 45 Britain Honda RC213V

Ducati Team Factory Andrea Dovizioso 4 Italy GP15
Ducati Team Factory Andrea Iannone 29 Italy GP15

Drive M7 Honda Open Eugene Laverty 50 Britain Honda RC213VR-S
Drive M7 Honda Open Nicky Hayden 69 USA Honda RC213VR-S

Suzuki Team Factory Aleix Espargaro 41 Spain Suzuki GSX-RR
Suzuki Team Factory Maverick Vinales 25 Spain Suzuki GSX-RR

Pramac Ducati Open Yonny Hernandez 68 Columbia GP15
Pramac Ducati Open Danillo Petrucci 9 Italy GP15

Forward Yamaha Open Stefan Bradl 6 Germany Yamaha
Forward Yamaha Open Loris Baz 76 France Yamaha

Avintia Ducati Open Hector Barbera 8 Spain GP14
Avintia Ducati Open Mike Di Meglio 63 France GP14

Gresini Aprilia Factory Alvaro Bautista 19 Spain Aprilia ART
Gresini Aprilia Factory Marco Melandri 33 Italy Aprilia ART

Cardion AB Honda Open Karel Abraham 17 Czech Republic Honda RC213VR-S

Octo Ioda Open Alex De Angelis 15 Italian Aprilia ART

Previous thread: http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... =5&t=18557

[mikeerfol]

Ι expect the title fight to be much closer next year.

[JimClarkFan]

Ι expect the title fight to be much closer next year.

I think so too, hard to bet against MM but my gut feeling says one of the Yamaha boys will win the title.

I think Ducati will also be regular contenders at the front too.

[J.A.W.]

M.M. just collected his 2nd Championship from 2 attempts, & won a record 13 races to boot.. ..a fine effort..

..Team Yamaha riders will have to demonstrate a serious & sustained improvement to beat Marc for the 2015 title,
..if he is to beaten on his merits, & not by some disaster..

But just how Dani keeps his place in the Honda factory team.. ..with his results.. ..is really incredible..
Maybe - sooner than later - another Marquez bro will wrest from Dani - the coveted Honda factory team ride?

How does the old saying go.. "If you are on the crapper - do the business - or get off the bloody crapper"..

[Shrieker]

Lots of exciting pairings to look forward to. Will be interesting watching CC vs. Miller, Laverty vs. Hayden, Aleix vs. Maverick, Bradl vs. Baz and finally the 2 Andys at Ducati duke it out.

[JimClarkFan]

Lots of exciting pairings to look forward to. Will be interesting watching CC vs. Miller, Laverty vs. Hayden, Aleix vs. Maverick, Bradl vs. Baz and finally the 2 Andys at Ducati duke it out.

Ianone fan checking him, really like the way when he was racing against MM this year he gave no quarter unlike other riders. Like Dovi too though. Heck I like most of the riders ....apart from Miller

[Cold Fussion]

Is the ECU software really such a performance differentiator? It would seem like having free engine development, more fuel per race and more engines per season would be a much larger performance advantage.

[mikeerfol]

Lots of exciting pairings to look forward to. Will be interesting watching CC vs. Miller, Laverty vs. Hayden, Aleix vs. Maverick, Bradl vs. Baz and finally the 2 Andys at Ducati duke it out.

I believe Miller will ride the Open Honda bike.. Still, it will be interesting to see how much faster it's going to be compared to the 2014 one.

[JimClarkFan]

Is the ECU software really such a performance differentiator? It would seem like having free engine development, more fuel per race and more engines per season would be a much larger performance advantage.

I cant give you a straight answer, but the fact that there is a concerted effort by the front teams to develop their software makes me think that the benefit must be worth chasing. I expect fuel saving is one of those given that front teams have a something like 4kg per race than the other bikes.

[coaster]

Thanks for the season overview with technical overview Jimclarkfan.
I'll be gunning for Miller being an Ozlander myself, but really the fight will be Pedrosa vs Marquez again.

[J.A.W.]

Thanks for the season overview with technical overview Jimclarkfan.
I'll be gunning for Miller being an Ozlander myself, but really the fight will be Pedrosa vs Marquez again.

What fight?
13 rounds-to-1 aint no fight..

HRC tried real hard to get Casey Stoner back - to provide some real Team Honda competition..

I heard Casey said he'd race again.. ..if he could ride a 2-stroke..

[mikeerfol]

Business as usual for Marquez although the differences are really small, 21st is 1.3 secs behind Marquez!

[SectorOne]

Flow conditioners or downforce generators? or both?

[bdr529]

Photo Finish from the Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup Race 1
the winner was in 4th place with about 40 feet to go
watch the full race here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNepKLRSebY

[tanmay324]

The ducatis look very fast over a lap, especially with the softer tires. Will be interesting to see how many laps they can stay ahead of the factory boys in the race.
I still think MM93 will take the championship. Unless the Yamahas solve their problem with the 2014-2015 tires and/or Dani finally finds some groove.