{"id":753795,"date":"2026-06-22T22:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/753795\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:47:13","slug":"motogp-bans-front-holeshot-devices-immediately-tweaks-grid-layout-from-german-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/753795\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP bans front holeshot devices immediately, tweaks grid layout from German GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MotoGP has banned front holeshot devices with immediate effect, while grid spacing will be expanded from next month\u2019s German Grand\u00a0Prix.<\/p>\n<p>The series had been weighing up a ban on front\u00a0holeshot devices going into last weekend\u2019s Czech GP having trialled tests during practice \u2013 with riders\u2019 split over the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>MotoGP is due to ban front and rear holeshot devices from 2027 regardless, but has brought forward that ban to the front holeshot device used at race starts for the next event.<\/p>\n<p>It means only rear\u00a0holeshot devices will be in use from this weekend\u2019s Dutch GP for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The front\u00a0holeshot device raised concerns as it required riders to apply hard braking to disengage it at the first corner, while it was also considered an expensive development push without adding to the racing.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile from the following race, the German GP at the\u00a0Sachsenring, the grid layout will change across all classes. The distance between each rider will be extended from three metres to four metres, meaning each row will also be spaced out from nine metres to 12 metres. There will still be three riders per row.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782168433_658_race-start.jpg\" alt=\"Race start\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Race start<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Gold and Goose Photography \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows recent safety concerns over race starts.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Grand\u00a0Prix Commission also announced a cap of six riders per manufacturer in MotoGP from 2028; meaning effectively a manufacturer can supply one factory team and two customer teams.<\/p>\n<p>This decision is already being adhered to in\u00a0MotoGP with Ducati supplying three teams (factory squad, Gresini and VR46) following Pramac\u2019s switch to Yamaha from 2025. No other manufacturer supplies to more than two teams.<\/p>\n<p>The rule is in place under the working provision of five manufacturers in\u00a0MotoGP; which is set to be the case until at least 2031 after all five manufacturers \u2013 Ducati, Aprilia, KTM, Honda and Yamaha \u2013 and series promoter MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group announced a new Concorde Agreement which covers the following five years.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">Let us know what you would like to see from us in the future.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Autosport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MotoGP has banned front holeshot devices with immediate effect, while grid spacing will be expanded from next month\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,60689,5745,361290,806,805,803,804,85,262930,361291],"class_list":["post-753795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dutch-gp","tag-motogp","tag-motogp-bans-front-holeshot-devices-immediately","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-tt-circuit-assen","tag-tweaks-grid-layout-from-german-gp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}