MotoGP concessions could return to aid struggling Honda and Yamaha
Concessions were introduced in 2014 in a bid to help balance the field and provide a greater com Pet itive platform for prospective manufacturers, which helped bring Suzuki, Aprilia and KTM to the grid between 2015 and 2017. Those who ran under concessions received a number of benefits over non-concession manufacturers, who at the time were Honda and Yamaha, which included unrestricted in-season testing, a bigger engine allocation and unlimited engine development. To be considered for concessions when they were introduced in 2014, a manufacturer either had to have been new to the grid or had gone without a dry weather race win the previous year. Concessions were stripped from a manufacturer after it had accumulated six concession points in a season, which were determined on results: three for a win, two for a second and one for third. Aprilia was the last manufacturer to lose concessions, doing so last year, with all manufacturers in 2023 running to the same rules. Under th...