The new MotoGP regulations, which will come into effect from 2027, were officially presented last Friday. This was the result of about two years of work, aiming to make motorcycles safer, more accessible, and more sustainable, as well as to improve the quality of races.
Hervé Poncharal, president of the IRTA teams association, stated in a press conference that he is confident in the positive impact of the new rules, also praising the process through which they were set:
– I believe these regulations were the wishes of most of the paddock actors starting from the riders, from the fans. And I believe we ticked almost all the boxes, because we had enough time to discuss, enough time to convince everyone and everything was adopted unanimously, which is great. I also believe that it will create some more interest to the championship because also it could be working as a level playing field as at the moment some manufacturers are struggling more than others and clearly from 2027… I don’t want to say we will start from the scratch, but it’s not far. So I think it’s going to be a very interesting season.
There are still two more seasons with the current generation of bikes, which according to the Red Bull GasGas Tech3 team leader will also serve as a prelude to an exciting new era: ‘We get 2025 and 2026 with the current bikes which are excellent prototypes – maybe the most powerful of motorcycle history. But also during these two years we will see the preparation we will take of what’s going to happen from 2027. Clearly it should help the race itself, the overtaking should be easier, the sport will be more sustainable. The fact that we reduce quite a few things, all the devices, one engine less, could also help the teams to keep an affordable lease fee to be paid to the factories. So all together, I think from a team and an independent team perspective, this is a win-win situation that we will face from 2027 I believe’.
Finally, Poncharal remarked: ‘I’m really happy and I’m also really happy that we answered the request from the riders who are our heroes and they were telling us «we are at the limit of the human body can cope with». I think this is the answer and the best technical and physical answer we could give them’.