By the end of that season, it will have been a decade since the Hinckley-based motorcycle manufacturer – which can trace its roots to the original Triumph Engineering Company founded in 1885 – became the sole engine supplier of the Moto2 class.
Triumph’s arrival in Moto2 marked a big shift in performance for the class with its three-cylinder 765cc engine taking over from the Honda 600cc four-cylinder motor used from 2010 to 2018.
In that time, Triumph engines have taken over ownership of circuit lap records for the class on all venues still on the calendar, and has helped propel the likes of Marco Bezzecchi, Raul Fernandez, Augusto Fernandez, Luca Marini and Enea Bastianini into MotoGP.
For Chief Product Officer Steve Sargent, committing to Moto2 through to the end of the decade was a no-brainer, especially with how the knowledge gained in grand prix racing transfers to its road production.
“I think it's really just come off the back of the success that we've had with it for the first five years, I think in terms of demonstrating what we're capable of as a company in terms of engineering and developing performance engines,” Sargent tells Autosport at Silverstone.
“But probably even more than the performance side of it is the reliability and the durability side.
“And the fact that we've got a grid of 32 Triumph engines out there being pushed to the absolute limit every weekend, and the knowledge you gain from that is invaluable, really.
“So, we see Moto2 as quite an important part of our development process for our 765 triple engine.
“And just to just to continue that, really, because we don't intend to stand still with the engine, our intent is to just continually develop it.
“So, staying in Moto2, and using that really as a driver for pushing that development. That's what's behind it.”
Source: Autosport