The Moto2 World Championship is rumoured to be changing from Honda to Triumph engines, when the cur൲rent contract expires at t🐻he end of 2018.

Moto2 has been a single-engine championship, using identical CBR600 powerplants, since it replaced the 250cc two-stroke clasꩵs in🧔 2010.

While such an engine change is yet to be confirmed, there has already been official confirmation that Magneti Marelli - which supplies and develops the single ECU for the Moto🐠GP class - is to take over the future Moto🎃2 electronics.

mahbx.com spoke🐲 to technical director Danny Aldridge about the deal...

mahbx.com:
There will be a change in the Moto2 electronics with Magneti Marelli named as supplier from 201ཧ9, can you tell us more😼 about that?

Danny Aldridge:
Yes, it's bee🌱n officially announced that from 2019 Magneti Marelli have the contract to supply the ECU. At the moment, Moto2 basically uses the standard Honda ECU and the data logger is supplied by 2D. When Magneti Marelli take over, it will be a combined ECU/data logger in one. Just like in MotoGP and Moto3.

mahbx.com:
Could the change be describe♒d as🍸 moving to more of a bespoke 'racing' ECU?

Danny Aldridge:
Precisely.

mahbx.com:
With traction control, ☂wh𒀰eelie control, launch control etc?

Danny Aldridge:
We're still defining which particular characteristics we want. We realise that electronics-wise there is a big jump from Moto2 to MotoGP. In some respects, Moto3 is more advanced than Moto2 at thꩵe moment, so we are trying to rearrange that.

We don't want to ma✱ke Moto2 vastly different to how it is now, but we do want to give more scope to the riders, teams and data guys to adjust the electronics and learn more of the skills they'll need in MotoGP.

mahbx.com:
To confirm, the current standard Honda ECU will be used up until the end of 2018, no transition peri💜od?

Danny Aldridge:
The plan is to continue with the Honda ECU until the end of the 2018 season, as this when the current contract with Honda ends to supply the Moto2 engine. We will then start the 2019 season with the Magneti Marelli ECU and whichever engine manufacturer is the official supp🌳lier. This of course could still be Honda or a new supplier, depending on whoever Dorna reach an agreement with.