Mahindra Racing Unveils The MGP3O Moto 3 Racing Bike

Mahinda Racing's MGP3O

Mahindra Racing became the first Indian team to participate in the FIM MotoGP World Motorcycle Racing Championship series in 2011 and the Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship (CIV) in 2012. Mahindra racing, the only Indian constructor in the MotoGP world championship has recently unveiled its all new MGP3O Moto3 racing bike at the Auto Expo 2016. The latest MGP3O is a significantly upgraded motorcycle in almost every area as Mahindra Racing aims to fight at the front of the highly-competitive Moto3 World Championship in 2016.

The new bike has been developed at Mahindra Racing’s European headquarters at Besozzo near Varese in Italy, part of the Indian automotive and technology giant’s ‘neural network’ of research and development centres located around the world. Changes to the 2016-specification MGP3O have focused on improved power delivery and acceleration, top speed and further improvements to the Mahindra’s highly-praised handling. The improvements are also designed to make the bike easier for teams and mechanics to work on during the high-pressure MotoGP race weekends.

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New to the Mahindra family in MotoGP is Peugeot Motocycles factory team, SP Racing. An impressive line-up of Frenchman Alexis Masbou (28) and Briton John McPhee (21) will contest the Moto3 World Championship on an MGP3O-derived Peugeot. The company is also looking forward to further pre-season testing and will continue to make positive strides in the motorcycle racing programme in 2016.