Controversial MotoGP’s 2027 rule faces collapse after KTM and Steiner opposition

The planned cost-saving idea for practice sessions formerly looked like a formality after a manufacturer meeting in Hungary, but one of the sport's new key voices has since spoken out.

Autosport claims that KTM have led the new dissent over the idea as they see it as prohibitive to development and therefore their ability to close the gap to Ducati and Aprilia.

Currently, each MotoGP rider has two bikes available for each session, and in practice, the second is often used for development, comparing parts across the two machines.

Under the 2027 proposal, the second bike would be locked away until qualifying and races as a cost-saving measure.

Yet there’s been intense criticism from the riders about how much money this would actually save, while others have argued that sponsorship revenue would decrease without a bike available for the media to cover.

Now the riders have a team owner on their side in the shape of Tech3’s Steiner.

The Italian engineer is a huge name in motorsport circles for his 22 years in Formula 1, most notably as Haas team principal from 2016 to 2023.

He’s now putting that status to use with a public criticism of the proposal:

He added:

The riders have universially been against the single-bike proposal, and perhaps coincdentally, KTM's Pedro Acosta was the most vocal opponent: