Dorna have now ‘reserved places’ for giant £41bn manufacturer who just decided to enter MotoGP

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As the 2025 MotoGP season approaches, there is excitement surrounding the sport’s future with the wave of regulation changes coming in 2027.

MotoGP are moving towards being a more sustainable and safer championship. Like Formula 1, the premier class will run with 100% sustainable fuels in 2027.

The bike’s engine size will be reduced to 850cc and the maximum number of engines allowed per rider in a season will be reduced to six. All ride-height and holeshot devices will also be banned.

As the exciting new era for MotoGP beckons, speculation has grown as to whether another manufacturer could find their way onto the grid.

And speaking on the Pecino GP YouTube channel, journalist Manuel Pecino says a giant manufacturer have ‘decided’ to enter the sport.

Dorna have ‘reserved’ places for BMW to join MotoGP in 2027

According to Pecino, BMW have decided to join the grid. Dorna – the sport’s owners – have ‘reserved’ places for them if the £41bn-valued manufacturer enters as a private team.

But BMW could also join through an existing team and develop their bike with them. Pecino stressed that it is ‘almost impossible’ for anyone to set up a private team due to the rising costs.

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“BMW was thinking that in the middle of the year they were going to decide on MotoGP. Well, on MotoGP it is decided,” he said.

“I think there has been no official confirmation. There are clues that MotoGP is decided. It is also easy to imagine that it will be for 2027.

“And then what they are thinking, today they have explained to me that what they are thinking is how would they enter MotoGP.

“There are two ways: one, as Aprilia did it, by joining an existing team without setting up its own structure and within that team developing the bike.

“The other is to directly present itself with a factory team. Dorna has a couple of places reserved precisely for it.

“On the other hand, it must be said that today it is almost impossible to imagine setting up a new picture team. The cost is too high and we have seen how attempts like that have failed {like} the RNF”.

How will BMW go about their MotoGP operation?

BMW could proceed with entering the sport as a factory team. After all, there are spaces reserved for them to do so.

The financial crisis at KTM could see the company drop out of the sport. MotoGP do not have an obvious replacement for KTM, but BMW could emerge as a candidate.

With the costs making it ‘almost impossible’ in Pecino’s words, it may be wise to enter via an existing team. If KTM do leave MotoGP, their current satellite team Tech3 would be available – assuming they would stay in the sport.

BMW could also attract another team to join their project. Current Ducati outfit VR46 would be an option given the team’s owner – seven-time champion Valentino Rossi – races with the Munich-based team’s endurance programme.