MotoGP manufacturers end contract uncertainty with historic five-year pact
NXTbets Pro | Published On: June 22, 2026
MotoGP deal
MotoGP Group and the five manufacturers, Aprilia, Ducati, Honda, KTM and Yamaha, have signed a landmark five-year agreement that runs through the 2027 to 2031 seasons. MotoGP said the pact is the first single five-year agreement of its kind in the sport’s history, and it gives the championship a unified framework after a prolonged stretch of uncertainty around the next rules cycle and the grid that will race under it.
The agreement was confirmed at a Friday press conference during the Czech MotoGP in Brno, and it settles the long-running standoff that had slowed official 2027 rider announcements. The deal locks in the current manufacturers for the long term and gives MotoGP a clearer commercial and competitive base heading into the next era. MotoGP said the collective negotiation process produced one shared pact rather than separate deals, a structure the championship views as central to keeping the series stable and aligned.
That stability matters because the talks stretched for more than a year and came after tensions had built inside the paddock. The delay around 2027 rider signings created real uncertainty about how the next cycle would take shape. The breakthrough gives the championship and the manufacturers a defined path through 2031 and ends the contract cloud that had hovered over the series for months.
Negotiations and teams
The breakthrough also followed a messy period that exposed how difficult the talks had become. The facts around the agreement point to a negotiation process that included tensions in Jerez, where manufacturers skipped the pre-Grand Prix dinner, and a pause in 2027 rider signings while the bigger commercial picture was sorted out. MotoGP has now moved beyond that phase, and the new agreement reflects a collective decision to settle the framework before the next round of team and rider commitments accelerates.
MotoGP has also reached principal terms with the 11 teams for the same 2027 to 2031 period, with a formal announcement still to come. That matters because the manufacturers’ pact is only part of the structure that will shape the next era of the championship. The teams are part of the same long-term picture, and MotoGP said it will keep working with them and with the FIM on technical, sporting and safety improvements. The plan gives the series a more coherent foundation across the grid, the manufacturers and the governance side of the sport.
MotoGP CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and manufacturer representatives said the agreement provides stability and a shared long-term vision for the championship’s future. That message lines up with the broader significance of the deal. It does more than remove uncertainty around contracts. It gives MotoGP a common direction at a time when the series is preparing for a new cycle and wants the manufacturers and teams moving together rather than in separate lanes.
Commercial framework
MotoGP said the framework is designed to protect competitiveness, technical relevance and the sport’s global appeal. Those goals sit at the center of the agreement and help explain why the deal was built as a single long-term pact. The championship wants to preserve the current manufacturer group, keep the racing relevant on the technical side and maintain the worldwide profile that has made the series a marquee property. A stable agreement through 2031 gives MotoGP room to plan around those priorities instead of reacting to contract pressure year by year.
The commercial structure is also different from Formula 1’s revenue-sharing model. MotoGP said the agreement uses a fixed payment structure, with each team expected to receive less than €8 million per year under the deal. That detail sets the financial tone for the next phase of the championship and shows how MotoGP intends to balance the cost of competition with long-term certainty. The structure gives the series a predictable baseline and keeps the focus on the shared framework rather than on renegotiating revenue splits every cycle.
MotoGP and the manufacturers will keep working with the teams and the FIM on the next round of technical, sporting and safety improvements. That ongoing process will shape how the new agreement works in practice. For now, the key development is clear. MotoGP has a five-year manufacturer pact, the teams have principal terms in place, and the championship has moved from uncertainty to a firmer long-term plan through 2031.
