What’s total bs?
And the move to Moto GP had nothing to do with Honda beating Ducati in it’s first year out (Ducati beat them the following year). That was what, 2000? Then Bayliss (I think) on a Ducati won in 01, then there was the famous Imola, where it all came down to that race for the championship, either could have won, but a crash cost Bayliss the race, and Colin took it home.
The switch to Moto GP was motivated by money, Superbike made an absolute 1000cc rule for all entrants, which meant heavy investment for those on twins, Moto Gp made some new rules that made in financially more advantageous to race.
BTW, IIRC, Honda did race in 03 and got their clock cleaned by Ducati...again. That was the ONE race where the Petronas actually beat all the Honda’s. LOL (poor KR)
Compensating for twins’ lameness by giving them double the displacement.
You also remember incorrectly. Honda mopped the floor with Ducati in 2000. Ducati barely squeaked out their overall win in 2001, with Honda being more reliable with better speed and power but not quite as good riders. In 2002, Honda mopped the floor with Ducati again and captured the AMA Superbike title as well.
Having made their point, Honda stopped campaigning the RC51 in WSB after they levelled the playing field with the 1000cc limit for all.
As for the 03 Ducati win, that would be the factory Ducati team beating up a privateer Honda effort. One does not expect a privateer to beat a factory team and usually they don’t.