Ilmor X3
The Ilmor SRT X ³ is a race bike for the MotoGP class of the motorcycle world championship by the regulations of the 2007 season with 800 cc displacement. Mario Illiens Ilmor company is responsible for the development of the engine and Eskil Suter Suter Racing Technology (SRT ) for the chassis. Harald Eckl, the former team manager of Kawasaki Racing Team should be responsible for the management and technical advice. However, he was excluded from the project before the race debut for conflicts with his current employer at this time KHI. Since, therefore, three executives were originally planned, the name X ³ was chosen, which should stand for " Experience of three" to German " experience of three ".
The engine is implemented as a V4 with 75 ° opening angle and pneumatic valve springs. The power is about 155 kW (211 hp) at 18,000 rpm -1. The chassis consists of a narrow doppelholmigen aluminum frame with a long swingarm and Ohlins forks and shock absorbers.
The machine debuted with driver Garry McCoy already at the last two races of the 2006 season with wildcards FIM and finished both times in 15th place order for the Ilmor SRT X ³ is the first 800 - cc engine of MotoGP history, enter the championship points could.
For the 2007 season the riders Andrew Pitt and Jeremy McWilliams were committed. McWilliams broke in the last MotoGP testing at Jerez in 2006 the left leg, which he could not drive the pre-season testing for 2007 and weighed the entire development work on Pitt. Also at the first race in Qatar McWilliams was unable to attend because of a training fall. For financial reasons - Mario Illien ten million euro private assets had already invested in the project and a major sponsor could not be found - and due to technical problems, the team moved to the first race of the season back from the World Cup.