Kawasaki has decided against increasing the rev limit of its WorldSBK bike by 500rpm despite receving concessions from the series:
Ahead of this weekend’s seventh round at Imola, Kawasaki was handed a 250rpm increase, the second time it has received a rev limit boost in the 2023 WSBK season.
The Japanese manufacturer said it is awaiting a third concessions bonus in order to introduce the parts it needs to increase the frequency at which its road-based engine revs in WSBK. At that time the FIM had argued that the “the 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10RR engine received only a limited amount of new components” and as such it was decided that it must run to a “a rev limit based on the performance balancing algorithm following the 2020 season.”
Ducati's success has prompted the series to decrease the rev limit of the Panigale V4 R by a further 250rpm, having already cut down its rev by a similar amount ahead of the Barcelona round in May.
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