In 2027, MotoGP engines are set to have their displacement reduced from 1,000 cubic centimeters to 850cc. The rules have specified the current displacement since 2012.
During the summer of this year, the General Manager of Ducati Corse, Gigi Dall’Igna, told SPEEDWEEK.com that only two manufacturers were not in favor of this change. Now, the KTM motorsports director, Pit Beirer, revealed to the same website that there is now an agreement: ‘We agree with the reduction to 850cc. We believe that this is a relatively sensible reduction. Because if you take away 150cc, you take away torque and power from the class. You can work with very cool MotoGP regulations with 850cc. There is now a stable majority in favor of 850cc’.
Aprilia was initially against this change, but according to Beirer, the Noale-based manufacturer has also come around: ‘Aprilia would have liked to stick with the 1,000cc engine in principle. That was our original idea. But after many discussions, we moved in the direction of 850cc, which has many positive aspects. Of course, there is also a cost factor for us not to make such radical changes to the engine because it would have been cheaper to continue working on the basis of an existing engine. And it’s not just Aprilia that is concerned about costs, it’s all of us’.