The engine is one of the areas that will change in MotoGP with the new regulations for 2027. The change is not radical, with a reduction in displacement from the current 1,000 cubic centimeters to 850cc.
This does not require a change in concept or engine architecture, which will remain four-stroke, four-cylinder as currently. The option to be V or inline is up to each manufacturer.
Sebastian Risse, technical director of KTM, was asked by the site SPEEDWEEK.com if a change in engine architecture was considered. The engineer replied:
– Honestly, no. Everyone agreed that we would keep the base of four cylinders, which all manufacturers are currently using, allowing for differentiation. What everyone involved did not want was a proliferation of concepts as in the past [with various types of engines and different number of cylinders among manufacturers].
KTM currently has a V4 engine in MotoGP. At the moment, it does not rule out changing to a four-cylinder inline engine, and although it has already made its decision, it cannot reveal it yet.
