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<\/p>\nTech3 boss Guenther Steiner has warned MotoGP would be making a mistake if it introduces a rumoured single-bike rule from 2027.<\/p>\n
The proposal has been labelled as a cost-saving initiative, but Steiner says the sport will pay a high price for little, if any, financial benefit.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe I’m too dumb to understand it, but I don’t know what the savings are by having one bike or two,\u201d Steiner said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy fewer mechanics? I mean, you need a second bike anyway, but now you’ve got all the bits and pieces behind a wall. So, if you need to put the bike together, do you need more or fewer people?<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t think you need less. Maybe you don’t need more in the beginning, but it will end up that you will bring more people, actually.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBecause if you have a crash. Okay, let’s get the spare bike together, which is half built in the back. But now you need to fix the main bike and build up the spare bike.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I don’t think there is any saving to be made. I don’t get it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we steal from the show, for the spectators. Who is the most important part of any sport? The fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Pit lane, 2026 Australian MotoGP.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are taking away a lot of spectacle\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we are taking away from the spectacle for no good reason,” he added.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI personally think there is no saving. I was told there is a small saving, one mechanic a year. But we are taking away a lot of spectacle for very little gain.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I’m quite passionate about this one, because I don’t get it.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the biggest casualties of a blanket single-bike rule would be flag-to-flag races, where riders swap machines when conditions change.<\/p>\n
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Enea Bastianini, bike swap, MotoGP 2026.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhat is cooler than a rider jumping from one bike to another in the rain?\u201d Steiner said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cLook at the social media results. When that happens, it is booming. People find it cool.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if we take it away, I don’t think it’s smart.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flag-to-flag bike swaps might yet be saved if the single bike rule is waived for race situations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But that makes a further mockery of the proposal, since it would mean all teams have to build a spare bike after qualifying.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, a race exemption would at least avoid riders being forced to sit out restarts if their main bike was damaged.<\/p>\n
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However, accidents in practice or qualifying would leave riders waiting for longer in the pits, while mechanics face even greater pressure to make repairs.<\/p>\n
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Pit lane, 2026 Brazilian MotoGP.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI hope people come to their senses\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m against it, but the manufacturers are for it, it seems,\u201d Steiner continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven’t understood what is really driving this. Because Dorna [MotoGP SEG] is not for it. It’s obviously taking away from their show.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the manufacturers don’t understand; they are taking away from their own show, where they can show their product.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou need the same amount of spare parts anyway. Because if you crash, you still need to build the second bike.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut instead of being in one piece [ready to go], it’s in 200 pieces.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope people come to their senses and realise that it was actually one of these ideas which wasn’t very good.\u201d<\/p>\n
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