In today’s press conference in Jerez, Vito Ippolito President of the FIM and Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta outlined the new rules that will be introduced for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
2009:1) From the Czech Republic GP in Brno and for the final seven races of the season riders will be allowed to use only five engines.
2) Two post race sessions will remain, Barcellona and Brno where official riders can partecipate and not only test riders as previously announced.
2010:1) The number of engines to be used for the entire 18 race season will be 6 and they will be sealed and a remote monitoring system system will be put into operation and engines checked as a rider leaves the pitlane.
2) A 10 point penalty will be applied if teams are forced to change engines and will be applied to a rider’s championship standings and 10 points will also be deducted from manufacturers standings, which includes satellite bikes.
3) Testing will be limited to a total of 8 days next year.
4) Only one bike per rider will be permitted.
If a rider damages a chassis, a replacement chassis will have to be offered for technical inspection.
5) Only 5 technicians will be allowed to touch the bike during practice sessions.
6) The minimum weight will be increased by 2 kg to 150 kg for four-cylinder bikes.
7) No rookies will be allowed to go straight to a MotoGP factory team.
They will have to go to a satellite team for at least one season, after which they will be allowed to join a factory team.
Discussion regarding dropping Friday afternoon practice sessions are still ongoing.
You can listened to part of the press conference in english here
