dgshannon Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Interesting lineup for 2012. Dovizioso from Honda to Yamaha, and there appears to be a BMW and Aprilia in the lineup. 1. Casey Stoner - Repsol Honda 2. Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda 3. Jorge Lorenzo - Factory Yamaha 4. Ben Spies - Factory Yamaha 5. Valentino Rossi - Ducati Marlboro 6. Nicky Hayden - Ducati Marlboro 7. Cal Crutchlow - Tech 3 Yamaha 8. Andrea Dovizioso - Tech 3 Yamaha 9. Colin Edwards - Forward Racing (Suter-BMW CRT) 10. Hector Barbera - Pramac Ducati 11. Karel Abraham - Cardion AB Ducati 12. Alvaro Bautista - San Carlo Honda Gresini 13. Anthony West - Speed Master (?-Aprilia CRT) 14. ? - Gresini Racing (FTR-Honda CRT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony27 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Looks like a pretty slim grid if thats a complete list, gone are the days of a decent sized field & I don't hold much hope of any improvement when the prototypes are phased out as has been talked about for the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_lejeune Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Pramac down to one bike and no suzuki, thought the new rules were going to increase entrants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzralphy Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) A very slim grid. I did not know BMW were in moto GP .... is that new? Edited November 20, 2011 by NZRalphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony27 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Not an official entry from BMW or Aprilia, they're claiming rule bikes which are basically superbikes with aftermarket frames & lap times around 3-5seconds a lap slower going on the tests earlier in the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzralphy Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Not a GP bike and it is a Slow bike?!?!? why would they bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony27 Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Because they have to try & save the class somehow now that the price of running 4 strokes has proven to be too high for most teams. Don't think it'll work though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyrider Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 LQQKING forward to another great season. Especially with the introduction of an all 4 stroke line up. MotoGP.com has given us the best video coverage, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Because they have to try & save the class somehow now that the price of running 4 strokes has proven to be too high for most teams. Don't think it'll work though they could try no stop, even Yeadon and Guisely are next year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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