As we reported this morning, the Pierer Mobility group has a firm goal of bringing MV Agusta into MotoGP in the coming years. It remains to be seen whether this will be through a new team or by taking the place of the current GasGas team, which is also part of the same group. Hubert Trunkenpolz, one of the directors of Pierer Mobility, spoke on the matter.
In an interview with GPOne.com, Trunkenpolz made it clear that the plan is for MV Agusta to return to MotoGP, where it has a rich history dating back to the 500cc World Championship era, but with the same engine as KTM:
– This is still our intention, and we plan to bring MV Agusta back to the premier class. But we will certainly not do this by developing a separate engine because the best MotoGP engine from the group is just one, and we don’t want to deprive MV of it. We want this for the brand as well.
In this context, the engine will be shared between the two manufacturers, and MV Agusta will not be a separate manufacturer, according to the executive: ‘In 2027, KTM and MV will have to share the new 850cc MotoGP engine, and that’s why MV Agusta will not be a separate manufacturer in 2027. We cannot support that, and we cannot allow that’.
However, for now, Pierer Mobility’s priorities for MV Agusta are different, Trunkenpolz clarified: ‘From 2024 to 2026, we have to get the company back on track. At the moment, we are talking about «work in progress» in Varese. It will take some time to stabilize all aspects, from the product range to production sites, and also the business. Until we have everything in order, it makes no sense to compete in MotoGP. However, 2027 could be a good year for MV Agusta to enter MotoGP’.