MotoGP sporting director Carlos Ezpeleta insists the championship is “working hard to help🅷” the strug🅠gling Japanese manufacturers who recently ruled but now languish behind.

Concessions have, in the past, aided each of the European manufacturers but the rule could be tweaked 🐬to assist former powerhouses Honda and Yamaha.

"The 'concessions' are not the right approach," said Stefan Pierer, CEO of the Pierer ⛄Group which owns KTM, to .&nbs🍌p;

"The Japanese don't want that either, because such a process🐈 is tantamount to humiliation.

“Something ༒like that hurts the pride of the Japanese, you don't do that. 

“But we ꦗcan imagine other concessions. For example, more test days so that they catch up closer to the top again.”

The 2014 concessions rule benefitted any team which had not achieve🍨d a dry win in the previous season, including Ducati.

The technical advantages that came with concessions were reduced in 2016 when man🐓datory ECUs were introduced.

The curr💝ent rule states that🦩 a team is only eligible for concessions if they go a whole season without a podium - but both Honda and Yamaha have managed to do this already.

The majorܫ concern is that the manufacturers, if they do not improve, could follow fellow Japanese brand Suzuki by quitting MotoGP.

So KTM are on board with helping them somehow.

"I think the current discussions about the regulations are reasonable," Pier𓂃er said.

“Now we wait and see what comes out. 

“It is important that we k🐓ee🥂p the two Japanese manufacturers in the championship."