Help what is MV Agusta?? I’ve seen that name dropped earlier this year, but I know fuck all about motorcycle brands. Will it be allowed?? I know Dorna wants a new manufacturer, so what’s the possibility they’ll accept??
MV Augusta is another bikes manufacturer, and it uses to be in the championship on their own (it's an historic one actually), and recently it was in Moto2 with their logo on the Forward bikes (they used to be called MV Augusta, but they didn't do anything on the team). They are also at the European Moto2/JuniorGP and WSSP.
MV Augusta has been partially brought by KTM/Pierer Mobility and apparently they want to revitalize them and a way to do it is bringing it back to the championship (more exposure means more people knowing about them and selling more bikes).
Would it be allowed? Yes but only in 2 ways:
New customer team from an existing manufacturer in Moto2 and Moto3. Basically buy a bike from Kalex, SpeedUp in Moto2 and/or KTM (Husqvarna, GasGasor CFMoto) in Moto3 and put teir own logo.
Or build their own bikes and put together a new team for any category. (Rumours indicate it's MotoGP with all the moviment and singing rider/test riders under the Pierer Mobility group.
What won't be allowed is create a new satellite team in MotoGP to slap the MV Augusta logo on it. they can brive other teams to switch manufacturers and do a GasGas/Tech3, but it didn't work with Gresini and LCR Honda is staying until finishing his contract with Honda (ends nex year I thin).
DORNA will actually be happy to have back an historic team, but the problem will be making sure they are not completely coping KTM if they are going to be developed in the same place. I know there's a few blurry lines as Husqvarna and GasGas and CFMotos are allowed to call themselves new manufactures when in reality their base is the same as KTM bike in Moto3.
This actually will make some teams *Ducati* mad, and protest, to make sure it's not a KTM in other colour (says the team with a fucking army), but as far as they can prove they have come up with those new stuff on their own and copying from looks something they already know it works (remember that this is how team are developing currently with the hole shot or aero), but has not been produced and tested by KTM they will be okay (I think).
I'm talking about MV Augusta because it's the one will be less criticized, and its the one being floating around, but it could be the same for GasGas, which actually was suggested already last year in the Tech3/GasGas or Husqvarna (but KTM said they prefer them to stay off road).
I hope this helps, and it's really happening, MotoGP and DORNA will be posting what it's allowed and what it is not for them to do
