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“Factory 2” gives Ducati what it needs while preserving the compromises that keep the three factories in the series.
Big MotoGP news of the moment is Dorna’s creation of a new “Factory 2” category as a direct response to Ducati’s decision to switch from Factory (open software, 20 liters of fuel, five engines, engine design frozen) to Open (spec ECU and software, 24 liters of fuel, 12 engines, no design freeze, special soft rear tire).
Under the new rule, as soon as an Open team achieves one of the following:
1. A win in dry conditions
2. Two second-place finishes
3. Three third-place finishes
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The always brilliant Mr. Cameron thinks this is a good idea. OK. But how does the motor count work and when does it start? Retro back to Motor 1? What if you win a race and you are on your 10th motor? Do you have to start from pit lane now? And how they are going to keep teams from sandbagging? Is it a violation if they do? Fair to Ducati? That's not even the big question. Making it work is...