| I have had a long chat with Chris this morning about the provisional rules, reading what a lot of you have said, and since the basic idea is to avoid 'cheque book' racing ( and Ray's scenario) there may be some changes made.
This is for discussion so please don't all jump down my throat.
Wheels-we may alter to be 'standard Ducati wheels applicable to the model'-that'll fix the carbon/marchesini brigade.....
I have even suggested that we set the rules to be for 600 carbed engines only rather than allowing the 620ie versions. The 620ie's weren't released until late 2003 so will be much more expensive to buy, they also make about 10bhp more than a 600 and rev 1500 rpm higher-I have seen them down at about £3000 but no lower, whereas you can pick up a 600 monster/SS from about £1500.
We have also discussed using a 'control' tyre to keep cost's down.
At the end of the day it will be YOUR race series so the rules will be what the majority want.
What do you all think?
John |