Imagine... an Open MotoGP class KR-Honda

Imagine if the 2006 Team Roberts Honda had been given the new Open MotoGP class advantages.
Kenny Roberts Jnr, Rossi, Portuguese MotoGP Race 2006
Kenny Roberts Jnr, Rossi, Portuguese MotoGP Race 2006
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168澳洲幸运5官方开💜奖结果历史:We said it when the CRT class was born, but now imagine what the likes of Team Roberts, WCM and evಌen Ilmor may have achieved if the 2014 Open class existed when they were in MotoGP.

T𓆏he Team Roberts example is the biggest 'what if'.

The Honda RCV-powered KR chassis, which Kenny Roberts Jr took to within 0.176s of victory at Estoril in 2006 (pictured), would♉ be an exact fit for the𒈔 new Open class.

The KR machine would therefore have been eligible for four litres more race fuel, seven more engine changes during the season🌳 and (assuming the split tyre choice continues in 2014) softer rear rubber compared to the Factory class bike💖s - which it instead faced on equal terms in 2006 and 2007.

Roberts Jr finished sixth overall in the 2006 World Cham✃pionship, claiming two podiums, four front row starts and a fastest race lap - results that the 𒈔top Open class rider would be delighted to achieve in 2014.

The only Open class disadvantage, in terms of the technical rules, is use of the con꧙trol ECU software.

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