Concessions were introduced in 2014 in a bid to help balance the field and provide a greater competitive platform for prospective manufacturers, which helped bring Suzuki, Aprilia and KTM to the grid between 2015 and 2017.
Those who ran under concessions received a number of benefits over non-concession manufacturers, who at the time were Honda and Yamaha, which included unrestricted in-season testing, a bigger engine allocation and unlimited engine development.
