MotoGP ringmaster Carmelo Ezpeleta has fired a shot across the bows of the major bike manufacturers in the series by saying he expects grids in the premier class to comprise Claiming Rule Teams only in two years' time.

Currently, manufacturers by way of the MSMA (Motorcycle Sport Manufacturers Association) have a stranglehold over the technical regulations in MotoGP and if they are removed, Ezpeleta will be free to do as he pleases with the rules.

If what are known as garagista teams, as we saw in the 500cc era with ROC and Harris, can run competitive engines in their own chassis, there will be no need for direct manufacturer input. It may come to pass they simply lease/sell engines to teams instead. It's a little bit of history repeating, to quote Dame Shirley Bassey.

"It is a very important step towards the regulations to try and permit a more competitive class. This team is the first and will not be the last to decide to join this new category. Our aim is to try to have these kind of bikes as the main bikes in the championship," said Ezpeleta, speaking at the launch of Colin Edwards' CRT project.

"We think the economic situation means it is impossible to keep spending the money that the bikes cost. We understand this is the most important motorbike championship in the world and in the next two years, the majority of bikes in it will be these kind of bikes and I hope it won't be long before all the bike are like that."