The new regulations will make the 2027 MotoGP cars noticeably different from the bikes we currently have on the track. There will be a new engine that will once again reduce the maximum displacement from 1,000 to 850 cc… This is a return to the way we saw in 2007, although on that occasion it was 800.
The aerodynamics will also vary. The climbing that has been converting motorcycles into small spoilers with wheels will be reduced, with limitations that will seek to avoid problems derived from aerodynamics such as dirty air, aspirations during braking and overheating of the tires when riding in a group.
The changes in the 2027 MotoGP go beyond the engine and aerodynamics
As if all these changes were not important, devices that vary the geometry of the motorcycle in motion, the so-called “holeshot and rear devices”, will also be prohibited, and Pirelli will also enter as a new tire supplier.
All this mix makes the 2027 MotoGP noticeably different from what we are used to and also, theoretically, slower. At least that is what the simulations to which Loris Capirossi has had access indicate, and which reveal that all these changes will lead to lap times of between 1.5 and 2.5 seconds depending on the circuit.
Of course, there is no doubt, and in the case of Capirossi there is no doubt either, that this will be an initial difference, but that brands and engineers will ensure that the 2027 MotoGP races evolve quickly. When some time passes, the times will get closer to what we are seeing today.
Capirossi, who made these statements on Andrea Migno’s Mig Babol podcast, also spoke about his time in MotoGP and his personal conviction that without wings the last MotoGP he rode in 2011 would not be so far away on the clock compared to the current ones. The truth is that even without wings, a current MotoGP has nothing to do with those motorcycles, neither in geometries nor in size nor in technological evolution. But if the test could be done, the maxim that each tenth costs many hundreds of thousands of euros would be confirmed.
