It has not escaped Ducati official and double MotoGP World Champion Pecco Bagnaia that in 2027 there will be new technical regulations in the premier Grand Prix category. An implementation that should change the situation, almost making a clean slate of the current situation. An engine reduced to 850cc, aerodynamic appendages integrated into the fairing, and not added, and piloting aids banned which should make the buttons that have flourished on the handlebars disappear… It’s like a return to fundamentals which is now expected. Which makes the Italian more than skeptical…
This new regulation adopted will undoubtedly delight the “purists” nostalgic for the clean lines and the simplicity of operation and piloting, but it is already upsetting those who had become accustomed to its extraordinary prototypes for which MotoGP is fundamentally the hunt. kept. Incidentally, we see that it is the “losers” of the moment who express their relief at a now possibly better future while the current “winners” regret having to begin a final countdown.
Prominent member of the clan
Ducati, Pecco Bagnaia obviously falls into the latter category. On Speedweek, he mentions on the subject, taking into account the quantity of buttons now populating the handlebars of a MotoGP: “ I don’t understand why some pilots say it’s difficult. You have to get used to it. For me, fiddling with the buttons during a run has become normal. It’s part of the job. If you want to be fast, you have to do it “.
Pecco Bagnaia: “ you can never be fast enough, even if the machines are already very fast »
Then he clarifies the basis of his thoughts: “ maybe these guys are complaining because their machines aren’t on the same level as ours. So they want to get rid of some of these things so we don’t have that advantage anymore. At the moment, everyone is more or less on the same level “.
That being said, Pecco Bagnaia will not remain nostalgic for the past when the year
2027 will have arrived: “ I just wish I had the fastest machine. You can never be fast enough, even if the machines are already very fast. I just want a fast bike that I can win with. The only reason I love MotoGP is because I have a bike I can win on. Being able to win is the greatest motivation » he concludes.
