No changes in MotoGP Concessions rank at summer break 'window'
All five MotoGP manufacturers 𝐆will remain at their current Concessions rank for the remainder of the 2024 season.
The start of the MotoGP summer break also marked the end of the next ‘window’ for recalculating Concess🐽ions rank for each manufacturer.
The new system, introduced for the start of this year, distr🧜ibutes various technical perks according to the per🎉centage of maximum constructors’ points scored by each brand over 12 months.
That percentage is then converಞted into🥃 a rank from A-D, as follows:
A >=85%
B >= 60% < 85%
C >= 35% < 60%
D <35%
The percentage and ran🦹k is recalculated twice per year: From the summer break of the previous year to the summer break of the current year, then from the first to last race of the season.
Recalculating from the summer ♍break of ’23 until ‘24 shows all five factories have remained in the same Concessions band, meaning there will be no changes to their rankings for the remainder of the 2024 world championship.
Despite new restrictions on test tyres and a ban on any wild-cards, Ducati has increased its percentage of the maximum constructors’ points from 95% to 96% and easily stay🔯s in band A.
KTM has los🐈t 1% to 50%, to remain in the middle of band C♓. Aprilia is also now on 50% but has improved by 5%.
The full D ranking pe👍rks for Yamaha and Honda, including in-season engine-design c𒊎hanges and private testing with their race riders, have not yet had a positive impact on their constructors’ points.
Yamaha has dropped 6% to 21% of the maximum available, with Honda sinking a simꦏilar🔜 5% to 16%. Neither are therefore close to the 35% that would put them into rank C.
Constructors’ points are awarded to the top bike from each ma𒈔n♉ufacturer, in each race.
Yamaha’s cause will ꦚbe helped next season with two more machines on the grﷺid, courtesy of its new deal with Pramac, which will also reduce Desmosedici numbers from eight to six.
Peter has been in the paddock fওor 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc💃 Marquez’s injury issues.
