It's time for crucial decisions: the future of MotoGP will be decided at Misano

The MotoGP regulatory revolution to 850cc from 2027 onward is, for now, based on a few guidelines released well in advance last year.

Manufacturers already broadly know how to design their bikes, even though the final 2027 regulations are not yet in place. It’s a matter of weeks, considering that during the San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix scheduled in Misano Adriatico, a decisive GP Commission meeting for 2027 will be held.

In recent months, several technical meetings on the subject have been held during race weekends, attended by the sporting/technical heads of the manufacturers and the team managers of the MotoGP squads. In these meetings, various proposals for the future were put forward (the so-called “third riders,” the adoption of a single bike to tackle race weekends), which will formally see the light (or not) at the next meeting of the Grand Prix Commission.

The two aforementioned proposals have already received a negative opinion from the MSMA; therefore, in Misano, some solutions/ideas that have received the green light from all parties involved will be set down in black and white. It will be a decisive meeting, as the previous one held at Assen produced some novelties for the current season (see the new starting grid with spaced boxes and rows), with the final one for 2026 scheduled in Valencia—by which time the deals and regulations will already be drafted.

It’s worth recalling that the Grand Prix Commission includes representatives from the manufacturers’ association (MSMA), the independent teams (IRTA), the international motorcycle federation (FIM), and the promoter (MSEG), along with several consultants and stakeholders actively involved in MotoGP.