As reported by Motorsport.com on September 11, the MotoGP World Championship will halt engine development for the next two seasons, before the new premier class regulations come into force from 2027.
This will allow manufacturers to focus on preparing the bikes for the new regulations, without having to invest in engines beyond those that will be introduced next season.
Under the current rules, manufacturers could present completely new engines each season before the first Grand Prix of each season, which were then sealed and could not be modified for the rest of the year.
With the engine block decided unanimously by all manufacturers, the champion engine that each team will present on Thursday at the 2025 Thai Grand Prix, the first on next year’s calendar, will be identical to the one it will use throughout the season and also for the next, with up to eight engines available for use during the season.
The manufacturers who, at that time, will enjoy concessions linked to the engines will continue to be exempt from this limitation, which at the moment are Yamaha and Honda, the two Japanese manufacturers who, if they do not start winning races in this final stretch of the year, they will maintain their current status.
In addition to the official teams of the respective brands affected – Ducati, KTM and Aprilia – private teams using their engines will also be subject to this block. The statement released today by the FIM then talks about another possible exemption: “Some exceptions may be made regarding corrections for safety or reliability, or for the proven unavailability of components, provided that an increase is not obtained of performance”.
It is not the first time that MotoGP’s top decision-making body has used the engine ban card to contain expenses and stabilize budgets, most recently during the pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
The move makes sense if we consider the desire of the governing bodies of the championship to contain the investments of the manufacturers when there are only two seasons left before the modification of the current technical framework, before the announced shock of 2027. At that point, the engines from 1000 cc will be replaced by a smaller 850 cc version, and this will be accompanied by a noticeable restriction of aerodynamic elements and other devices, such as lowerers, which, in principle, will disappear, except for the one used for starts.
Motorcycle of the Aprilia Racing Team
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