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Post by SHE-REX on Aug 30, 2006 16:28:34 GMT
EXCLUSIVE: Ilmor explain MotoGP plans. A British motorcycle will win the MotoGP World Championship for the first time since the glory days of the British bike industry in the 1950s if Formula 1 engine guru Mario Illien succeeds in a radical plan to break into the two-wheel world Illien, 57, has spoken fully for the first time about his ambition to launch a full two-bike MotoGP team in 2007, backed by an intended €20 million budget, to coincide with the start of the new era of 800cc engines. "We will react faster and make decisions faster," he said. "We have to be able to compete for the world championship within three years. I am confident that we can do it." Illien, whose Ilmor engines have won two Formula 1 titles with McLaren-Mercedes and 11 Indianapolis 500 races, was comparing his operation to the Japanese factories that dominate the MotoGP grid. He has a team of 12 people working on the MotoGP project in his factory at Brixworth, Northamptonshire, where the V4 engine is being built. The company employs 60 people at the plant, and a further 52 in the USA.
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Post by Les on Aug 30, 2006 16:36:03 GMT
that will be nice provided it has a british rider as well.
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