We have somewhat forgotten it but the Moto2 category was born in 2010 and, on the grid of the Valencia Grand Prix, there were no less than 14 chassis manufacturers: FTR, Speed Up, Suter, Moriwaki, Motobi, Kalex, Promoharris, BQR, AJR, ICP, Tech3, Bimota, MIR and MZ.
In 2018, there will be 6 (Kalex, KTM, Tech3, Speed Up, Suter and NTS) but this number could increase from 2019 with the arrival of the Triumph engine.
Therefore, Roger Keys, CEO of FAB Racing which manages Minimotos in the BSB championship, announced during the last Valencia Grand Prix that he was planning “an all-British Moto2 project” with Steve Bones, former designer of the FTR chassis.
The subject of Her Majesty, who also managed the career of Scott Redding during his first years in the world championship, specifies: “In 2019, all teams will race with Triumph's British standard engines. We would like to build a British chassis, preferably using British suspension, for example Maxton. And I hope the pilot should come from the UK too. »
In Valencia, Steve Bones and Roger Keys were told by the selection committee that they are unlikely to get an extra place on the Moto2 starting grid, but have the answer to everything: “So we will have to form a joint venture with an existing Moto2 team. »
Beyond this project, which no one knows if it will succeed, the performance of KTM with a tubular chassis, cheaper and easier to develop than a machined frame, could also arouse the desires of several manufacturers keen to take advantage of the reset that constitutes the arrival of the British engine in 2019…
Already, the simple opening of the British championship to Moto2 has brought out the Englishman's projects Nykos or Dutch Chassis Factory.
But be careful, all this still seems quite artisanal and is not called KTM whoever wants it!
