From Marc Marquez Accusation to Pecco Bagnaia, FIM announces MotoGP engine-freeze from 2025 season

The FIM has announced that there will be a two-year engine freeze for all MotoGP manufacturers from the 2025 season onwards.

The announcement means that each of the championship’s five manufacturers will be required to use its 2025 engine specification for the following season.

This ruling by the FIM comes in an attempt to reduce costs of engine development for the teams as the championship turns its focus towards the 2027 regulation changes.

All of the manufacturers agreed unanimously with the FIM’s decision and this now means that the engines that each team submits for the 2025 Thai Grand Prix will be the engines used until the rule change. 

It also means that the teams will remain limited to eight engines per season.

Honda and Yamaha are likely to be exempt from these changes due to its current concessions status and this will only change if there is a drastic improvement for either manufacturer at the end of the current campaign. 

The FIM has confirmed that changes to the engine specification can be made for safety and reliability reasons, but only under the provision that there will be no performance gain from any upgrades. 

“Engine specification in the MotoGP class will be frozen for 2026, requiring all manufacturers to use their 2025 specification the following season,” the FIM said in a press release.

“This is in order to control costs and maximise parity ahead of the introduction of the new regulations in 2027.

“Certain allowances may be made concerning corrections for safety or reliability, or proven nonavailability of components, providing no performance increase will be gained.”