The MSMA system for deciding on software proposals for the 2016 Mo💦toGP ECU appears to favour Honda, Yam🍰aha and Ducati.

Input and ongoing development by the factories was essential for gaining ag♉reement on the compulsory introduction of the single electronics.

MotoGP technical director Corrado Cecchinelli and his team of𝓡 Magneti-Marelli engineers, who will write the ECU software, have made clear they will only communicate with one representative of the Manufacturers' Association (MSMA). Not with individual manufacturers.

That means it is up to the MSMA to decide which proposals, from the five manufacturers, are passed on for inclusion in tꦰhe single software.

However when those discussions take ꦉplace Suzuki and Aprilia - returning to MotoGP this seaso♌n - will not be able to vote. By contrast any Honda, Yamaha or Ducati proposal is expected to be passed on, since any attempt to block a proposal by a rival would result in a tit-for-tat retaliation.

The system was apparently agreed by the o🦩ther ma🐻nufacturers before Suzuki and Aprilia were reinstated as MSMA members. The situation only applies to software proposals. Suzuki and Aprilia now have normal voting rights on other MSMA issues.

"We can make proposals. But the three members who can vote for these things are Honda, Yamaha and Ducati. Just for software develop𓄧ment and what goes into the software we do not have a vote. It's politics," said a 🐽representative of one of the new manufacturers, adding that they will definitely try to change the system.

Also speaking to mahbx.com at the final Sepang test, a senior figure 💖at the other new manufacturer was less concerned, pointing out that the software 🌄proposals made by Honda, Yamaha and Ducati are likely to cover their own requirements anyway.

A software freeze will come into force on July 1, after which Honda, Yamaha and Ducati must haဣlt work on their own factory systems and concentrate on joint-development of the 2016 ECU. Aprilia and Suzuki are not subject to the software freeze.