Elsewhere, last year\u2019s world championship runner-up Alex Marquez will attempt a return at this weekend\u2019s Czech Grand Prix from a host of injuries suffered in his horrific crash in the Catalan Grand Prix one month ago<\/a>, while the much-derided Balaton Park circuit, home to the most recent Grand Prix in Hungary, looks set to fall off the 2027 calendar. <\/p>\n There\u2019s that and more in MotoGP Pit Talk, your news wrap of the stories behind the headlines before this weekend\u2019s resumption of action at Brno for round nine of the 22-round season.<\/p>\n Martin wipes out 5 riders in mass crash! | 00:53<\/p>\n \u2018DON\u2019T GET IT\u2019: TEAM BOSS WEIGHS IN ON CONTROVERSIAL ONE-BIKE IDEA<\/p>\n Tech3 KTM team boss Guenther Steiner has criticised the proposal to restrict MotoGP riders to just one bike for the 2027 season, after a push from the sport\u2019s manufacturers (MSMA) to initiate the change as part of cost-saving initiatives ahead of the sport\u2019s next contract with series promoters MSEG, formerly known as Dorna. <\/p>\n MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n 50 RACES, 0 DOUBTS<\/a> Why Spaniard\u2019s stocks remain sky-high ahead of milestone<\/p>\n \u2018HAVE TO PRAY\u2019<\/a> MotoGP\u2019s crash problem, and the easy fix endorsed by Aussie<\/p>\n Negotiations between the MSMA \u2013 the umbrella body which represents Ducati, Aprilia, Honda, Yamaha and KTM \u2013 and MSEG to agree a deal to run the sport from 2027-31 have been protracted, with the distribution of future income the primary sticking point as the sport looks set for a financial windfall under new owners Liberty Media, which also owns Formula 1. <\/p>\n An announcement of the deal could come as soon as this weekend\u2019s Czech Grand Prix, after extensive meetings between the two parties at the past two rounds in Italy and Hungary. <\/p>\n The idea to run one bike \u2013 as is the case in Moto3 and Moto2 \u2013 came about when the sport\u2019s manufacturers, as part of their negotiations with MSEG, introduced it as a way to save costs as MotoGP heads into a brand-new 850cc regulatory reset next season.<\/p>\n Under the proposal, teams would remove one of their two bikes per rider from public view, but be able to build a spare bike should a rider\u2019s primary machine be damaged in a crash or fail for reliability reasons. <\/p>\n PIT TALK PODCAST: Michael and Matt ponder if Lewis Hamilton is in the F1 title fight after his breakthrough for Ferrari in Barcelona, and discuss why we still don\u2019t know the result of the Monaco podium more than a week after the race. Listen to Pit Talk now<\/a><\/p>\n It would change the way teams operate throughout the race weekend, with teams currently trying different set-ups on each bike for a rider to back-to-back test during practice sessions, and ensuring that a full grid of bikes are on track at almost all times.<\/p>\n Reporting from Autosport suggested the savings could amount to 1.5 million Euros per team (A$2.46 million), with the savings coming from the bikes doing less mileage, and the teams needing reduced staff to operate the machinery. <\/p>\n The manufacturers have also mooted having shorter practice sessions; MotoGP events currently feature three practice sessions of 45 minutes, one hour and 30 minutes respectively before qualifying, a sprint race and a full-distance Grand Prix.<\/p>\n At the recent round in Hungary, Tech3 boss Guenther Steiner \u2013 in his first full season running Tech3 after coming across from Formula 1 \u2013 feels the sport\u2019s fans will lose out if the suggestion becomes formalised in the new contract. <\/p>\n Tech3 KTM boss Guenther Steiner is no fan of the proposed move away from two bikes per rider for 2027. (Photo by Mirco Lazzari gp\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cWe steal from the show, for the spectators,\u201d Steiner said. <\/p>\n \u201cWho is the most important part of any sport? The fans. I think we are taking away from the spectacle for no good reason.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe I\u2019m too dumb to understand it, but I don\u2019t know what the savings are by having one bike or two. Why fewer mechanics? You need a second bike anyway, but now you\u2019ve 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? 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 \u201cI don\u2019t get it. I hope people come to their senses and realise that it was actually one of these ideas which wasn\u2019t very good.\u201d<\/p>\n There is, as yet, no agreement on how second bikes would be used for races in the event of a rider\u2019s bike being damaged in a race that was red-flagged, or in flag-to-flag races when riders pit for a second bike with different settings in a race that starts in dry conditions that turn to wet, or vice-versa. <\/p>\n \u201cIf you want to save money, there\u2019s a very easy solution \u2013 a budget [cap],\u201d Steiner said. <\/p>\n \u201cWe all know where it has worked [Formula 1] with very good results. Or have less testing. Very easy.\u201d<\/p>\n Marquez overcomes Q2 crash to win sprint | 00:56<\/p>\n MARQUEZ ATTEMPTS COMEBACK AFTER HORROR CATALAN CRASH<\/p>\n Ducati\u2019s Alex Marquez will attempt to compete in this weekend\u2019s round at Brno, the Spaniard confirmed to be travelling to Czechia on Tuesday night (AEST) after missing the past two rounds at Mugello and Balaton Park. <\/p>\n MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n NEWS WRAP<\/a> Aussie \u2018getting rocks in my neck\u2019, rider market finally set for launch<\/p>\n TALKING POINTS<\/a> Aprilia fumble a gift for champ, future teammates fight, Aussie rides his luck<\/p>\n Marquez broke his right collarbone and fractured the C7 vertebrae in his neck<\/a> after crashing heavily at the Catalan GP on May 17, his Ducati unable to avoid the a slowing Pedro Acosta ahead of him on track, Acosta\u2019s KTM suffering a technical problem as the pack headed down the back straight of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. <\/p>\n Alex Marquez will attempt a return at Brno one month after his horror crash with compatriot Pedro Acosta in Catalunya. (Photo by DANIEL BALLARIN \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n After Ducati test rider Michele Pirro (Mugello) and World Superbikes regular Iker Lecuona (Balaton Park) deputised for Marquez in the past two rounds, Gresini Ducati confirmed that the 2026 Spanish GP winner will head to Brno \u201cwith the aim of being declared fit\u201d by MotoGP medicos on Thursday. <\/p>\n Another pair of race-winners from the opening eight rounds of 2026 will compete under duress at Brno, with Ducati\u2019s Fabio Di Giannantonio undergoing finger surgery after the most recent round in Hungary.<\/p>\n Di Giannantonio won a re-started Catalan GP after he was struck by a wheel discarded from Marquez\u2019s bike in the Acosta crash, and recovered to 12th place after he was taken out in a first-corner crash caused by Aprilia\u2019s Jorge Martin at the first corner of the Hungarian Grand Prix, an incident that led to renewed calls to bring forward the 2027 banning of ride-height devices<\/a> to this season after the second heavy first-turn crash in three rounds. <\/p>\n \u201cWe are not at our 100 per cent with the finger, but I am ready for Brno,\u201d Di Giannantonio said in a team preview from VR46 Ducati. <\/p>\n \u201cWe arrive in top three in the world standing and with a lot of confidence, we\u2019re working very well and we must keep on this direction.\u201d<\/p>\n Martin, meanwhile, sustained what his Aprilia team called \u201ccontusions to his back and right foot\u201d in the Balaton Park crash, where he took out Aprilia teammate and series leader Marco Bezzecchi, fellow Aprilia rider Raul Fernandez and Ducati\u2019s Fermin Aldeguer, with Di Giannantonio the only one of the five riders involved in the scary shunt able to resume the race. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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