MV Agusta To MotoGP In 2026?
T
he debacle of KTM's five
contracted riders signed for
MotoGP 2024 with only four
available seats could have been
solved with no riders missing
out had KTM been granted the
two grid slots vacated by Suzuki
at the end of 2023.
That would have likely seen
Husqvarna come onto grid as
another rebadged KTM (follow-
ing the same path as GasGas),
but Dorna's refusal to grant KTM
the grid spots on the basis they
must be kept for an entirely new
manufacturer to take ensured
Pol Espargaro lost his seat in
place of the incoming Pedro
Acosta.
Those two grid spots will
remain open as it's unlikely no
new manufacturer will come to
the grid before the rule revamp
for the 2027 season, and it has
emerged that KTM is considering
entering MV Agusta as a new,
sole manufacturer to fill the gap.
"If there are now to be new con
-
cessions indiscriminately for well-
known factories, as a manufac-
turer, you have to think carefully
about whether you want to spend
any money at all on a third team
for this racing series and in this
sport," KTM's Motorsport Director
Pit Beirer told speedweek.com.
"MotoGP will develop in the
direction of Formula 1. As a manu
-
facturer, you will have an engine
platform like in Formula 1. The
teams will then differentiate them-
selves with a different chassis; the
drive units will remain identical.
[Then] we will enter MotoGP with
MV Agusta as our own brand."
The prospect of MV Agusta
on the grid is a tantalizing one,
even if they sell only 6000 bikes
a year as a luxury brand.
"You have to start at some
point," Beirer says. "MV Agusta
has already won many world
championship titles, regardless
of the fact that they are now ac
-
tive in the luxury sector. I do not
rule out a MotoGP involvement
with MV Agusta after 2026."
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Could we see MV Agusta
in MotoGP in 2027? KTM
motorsport boss Pit
Beirer seems to think so.
