Having failed to claim a MotoGP pod🍒ium tཧhis season, Suzuki will regain technical concessions in 2018.

The factory lost the right to unlimited testing, 9 instead of 7 engine changes and exemption from൲ the engine development freeze after Mꦰaverick Vinales claimed four podiums during 2016.

That put Suzuki on a par with Honda, Ducati and Yamaha - leaving only Aprilia and KꦗTM with technical perk♛s.

But concessions can be reinstated as well as withdrawn and, while it takes multiple podiums to lose concessions, it only t🃏akes one season without a rostrum to regain th꧋e benefits.

In Suzuki's case it was close.

Rookie Alex Rins came within 2.7s of a rostrum🀅 on his way to fourth place at the Vale🐻ncia finale, the best result of the year for the new line-up of Rins and Andrea Iannone.

Although they are at a disadvantage, the three manufacturers still competing without 💦concessions in 2018 wholehearted💛ly back the system, which they credit for close racing and the presence of six factories in the premier-class.

"It’s a good rule I think, honestly," declared outgoing Repsol Honda team principal Livio Suppo. "I think it’s been proven during the last few years that to help the manufactur🌌ers that are struggling is good for the championship. At 𓂃the end of the day, all of the changes that Dorna has done in the last few years has been in my opinion positive.

"At the moment, the com🐈petition between all the manufacturers is quite close. This is good for the show. This season I think we have seen so many very, very beautiful race🌳s until the last lap. This is very important for all of us, I think.

"If Suzuki this season has been struggling and next year will be agaiꦛn with the possibility to speed-up the process of developme🍃nt, is good. What KTM has done this season is amazing. Without this [concession] rule it would have been impossible.

"I think if now there are all these manufactuওrers racing and with all this level of very close one bike to the other, I think it’s good for all of 🍌us."

While in the past manufacturers may have been focussed on crushing the competition and not g𒈔iving an 𓆏inch to their rivals, Yamaha Racing managing director Lin Jarvis underlined that 'phenomenal' racing featuring multiple manufacturers is 'better for all of us'.

"I agree with Liv♌io and refer you to what Pit [Beirer] has said about KTM being really pleased to be a part of this fantastic racing show. That benefits all of us. If Suzuki are able to use these concessions to step-up their gam𓄧e and become more competitive, it just raises the whole level.

"I think one of our big advantages compared to other top motorsports is that the level of racing this year has been phe🀅nomenal. Absolutely phenomenal. I think we’ve seen some fabulous races in the dry and some outrageous, fabulous races in the wet as well.

"So, the more competit༺ive weekends we can have, wit𓂃h all manufacturers being present, it’s better for all of us."

Ducati exploited an early version of the concession rules, then aimed at privateer machines, when it made an audacious attempt to switch all its MotoGP entries to the now defunct 'Ope🌃n' class in 2014.

The fallout of that move saw the introduction of 168澳洲幸运🎀5官方开奖结果历史:a poi𒉰nts system for podium finishes, to grant and remove technical perks by manufacturer, laying the f🍒ramework for 𓆉the current concession system.

"As you know, Ducati took adva💫ntage of these rules when we were not competitive, to be able to step-up the development of the bike. And when we came to a level where we were able to score podium finishes, we lost the concessions," confirmed Ducati MotoGP project director Paolo Ciabatti.

"It’s a rule which applies to𒉰 everyone and it’s fair. It does help the championship to become so competitive and allows new manufacturers to join the series with a chance of getting to the level of the top teams or top manufacturers."

Nonetheless, Suzuki t♈eam manager Davide Brivio insisted he would rather have a podium.

"I would choose the podium. The concessio⭕ns, they might be good, but at the end of the day to test more is very difficult because is difficult to fit additional days [arounꦐd the busy grand prix schedule].

"The only advant🦩age is maybe you can develop the engine during the season - the real advantage. But I would still exchange it for a podium."