Following the accusation against Marc Márquez and Pecco Bagnaia, the FIM announces the freezing of MotoGP engines starting from 2025
The FIM has announced that there will be a freeze of engines of two years for all MotoGP manufacturers starting in 2025 at the latest.
The announcement means that each of the five manufacturers in the championship will have to use the 2025 engine specification for the following time.
This decision by the FIM is aimed at reducing the costs of engine development for the teams while the championship focuses on the regulatory changes of 2027.
All manufacturers agreed to unanimously agree with the FIM’s decision and this means that the engines of each team present for the 2025 Thai Grand Prix will be used until the regulation changes.
This also means that the crews will remain limited to one engine for a while.
It is probable that Honda and Yamaha will exempt these changes due to their current status of concessions and this will only change if there is a dramatic improvement for the manufacturers at the end of the current campaign.
The FIM has confirmed that changes can be made to the specifications of the engine for reasons of safety and reliability, but only with the condition that no improvement in performance will be produced.
“The engine specifications in the MotoGP class will be frozen for 2026, which will require all manufacturers to use the 2025 specification at the following time,” the FIM said in a press release.
“This is the objective of controlling costs and maximizing parity before the introduction of the new regulations in 2027.
“If certain concessions can be made in respect of corrections for reasons of security or reliability, or in the event of failure of availability of components, no increase in performance will always be obtained”.