MotoGP will undergo its biggest technical shakeup in almost 20 years in 2027 with a host of new regulations agreed on after 12 months of negotiation. Both series organiser Dorna and the current manufacturers agreed there was a very real need to reduce the speeds of the world’s fastest racing prototypes, as well as shifting the emphasis back on riding skills rather than rider aids.
As Aleix Espargaro noted at Le Mans, “We are racing on the same circuits, more or less, that Doohan and Criville were with the 500s and Moto3 is doing the same lap times. It means that the circuits are not prepared any more.”
Put simply, grand prix racing has outgrown a number of tracks.
“We can’t invent tracks,” said Sebastian Risse, KTM’s MotoGP Project Leader. “So, we have to invent bikes for the tracks.”
Proposals were first initiated by Dorna and MotoGP Director of Technology Corrado Cecchinelli.
“The goals we wanted to achieve were basically to increase the margins we have,” he said. “We feel we have a good show, but why not make it even better? We feel we are
