MotoGP 2014 Teams & Regulation Changes

For those of you who haven't caught up with the rule changes for this year, here is a brief overview:

The majority of technical regulations stay the same for 2014 with the exception of 3 restrictions. Factory bikes (Honda, Yamaha & Ducati) remain full prototype machines, still limited to 4 riders per manufacturer. Yamaha and Honda have both developed production bikes that comply with the new ‘open’ class regulations, these bikes can be hired by customer teams to complete under the new open regulations. The regulations also allow teams to develop their own bikes such as the PBM chassis'd Aprilia.

This table below explains the regulation differences between the classes.

	Electronics*	Engines	Fuel
Factory	Factory Software	5	20 litres
Open	Standardised	12	24 litres

*all bikes must run ECU Hardware provided by Magneti Marelli

It is still unknown whether Ducati will switch to their open bike for 2014, they have until the 28th February to decide. For now, here is a split of which teams & riders are running which bikes.

Factory Teams / Riders

Honda Racing Corp

Marc Marquez

Dani Pedrosa

Yamaha Factory

Jorge Lorenzo

Valentino Rossi

Ducati Factory

Cal Crutchlow

Andrea Dovisioso

GO&FUN Gresini Honda (Satellite)

Alvaro Bautista

LCR Honda (Satellite)

Stefan Bradl

Tech3 Yamaha (Satellite)

Bradley Smith

Pol Espagaro

Pramac Ducati Racing (Satellite)

Andrea Iannone

 ‘Open’ Teams / Riders

GO&FUN Gresini (Honda)

Scott Redding

Pramac Racing

Yonny Hernandez

Cardion AB Racing (Honda)

Karel Abraham

NGM Forward Racing (Yamaha)

Colin Edwards

Aleix Espagaro

Avintia Racing (Yamaha)

Hector Barbera

Mike Di Meglio

Drive M7 Aspar (Honda)

Hiroshi Aoyama

Nicky Hayden

Ioda Project Racing (Aprilia)

Leon Camier

Danilo Petrucci

PBM (Aprilia)

Broc Parkes

Michael Laverty