Post by EavesFan
"So when we talk about MSMA manufacturers are we talking about Ducati, Yamaha and Honda? Because I would have thought a level playing field would be better attained if the CRT teams could buy engines from Honda or Ducati or Yamaha. The CRT rule seems to benefit the MSMA manufacturers because it isn't the CRT teams who buy engines. It is the MSMA manufacturers who buy from the CRT teams."

You've just about got it.
It appears to me that any bike manufacturer who is a member of MSMA, regardless of whether they are involved in racing, could claim an engine and transmission from a "CRT" team.

BUT I get back to the common belief that the rule was designed in an effort to keep the playing field level between "CRT" team bikes (not to make them competitive with Moto GP1 machines) and to discourage the more wealthy "CRT" teams from funding the development of technology that is beyond the means or ability of others.

However, it is the possibility of the claiming rule being used that is intended to limit the development and cost of running a "CRT" bike.

The majority of Moto GP bikes would leave a "CRT" bike for dead on a dry track so there is no logical reason I could identify for an MSMA member manufacturer already involved in Moto GP to even bother using the claiming rule.

Don't expect "CRT" bikes to be competitive with Moto GP 1 bikes. It will work out similar in practices to British Superbikes and the Evo class machines. Might pay to call them Moto GP 1 A and 1B.