The Grand Prix Commission voted on a series of measures brought to the MotoGP technical regulations, including the cessation of engine development between the 2025 and 2026 seasons. This news, which we echoed last month, was made official this Monday and confirms that manufacturers will keep the same engine for two years in order to be able to concentrate on preparing for the big change expected for 2027.
This measure, validated by the Grand Prix Commission which brings together all representatives of all the players in the championship, modifies a regulation according to which they can each year have a new engine approved, which is sealed for the entire season. The concession system today allows certain manufacturers to introduce new engine specifications during the championship, a freedom permitted on the basis of results and which currently concerns Yamaha and Honda, but in its announcement, the federation specifies that “all manufacturers must maintain the 2025 specification during the following season”.
As a result of the freeze now decided, the engine which will be approved on the eve of the first Grand Prix of next season, the Thai GP which will take place from February 28 to March 2, 2025, will then have to be kept until the end of the championship. 2026. The number of engines that can be used during the season will remain unchanged: it is eight for each driver of brands falling into categories A, B and C of concessions, and ten in the case of manufacturers in category D (Yamaha and Honda today).
This is the second time in just a few years that MotoGP has resorted to engine freezing. We remember that this measure was adopted in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to preserve manufacturers’ budgets in the face of the crisis between the 2020 and 2021 seasons. This time, it is a question of limiting the expenditure of brands in the face of to the necessary investments in view of the new regulatory cycle which will open in 2027. This will mark the transition from 1000cc engines to a reduced displacement of 850cc, with among other measures a significant reduction in aerodynamics and corrector devices. holeshot device type plate.
