Marco Bezzecchi
MotoGP’s latest proposal for the sport is bringing team radio into the fold, and reigning world champion Marc Marquez has made his feelings clear on the potential new initiative.
Team radio has been a staple of racing in Formula 1 for years now. Having started as an experiment in the 1980s, it became more common in the following decade as digital systems emerged.
It has since become integral to the way teams organise their weekends. Pit boards became redundant as drivers started to get all the information they needed from their race engineers in their ears.
Now they’re being touted as a new system in MotoGP, along with a swathe of other changes that have been proposed following Liberty Media’s acquisition of the category from Dorna.
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Marc Marquez shares his thoughts on MotoGP introducing team radio to the sport
During Ducati’s 2026 MotoGP season launch event, Marc Marquez was asked about his thoughts on the idea of team radios being added to the sport.
The Spaniard has touched upon the topic previously. During a discussion over the biggest differences between F1 and MotoGP, Marquez pinpointed the radio communication between driver and pit wall as the most noticeable outlier.
In his most recent comments, via GPOne, Marquez noted how it doesn’t seem necessary in F1’s two-wheeled counterpart, due to the lack of race strategy that is present in Grands Prix.
He told journalists, “It’s good for the show, but it’s not very necessary for us for race strategy, for example.
“It can be useful for the stewards if you have a red flag or oil at some corners; they can say to you, ‘Oil in turn seven.’ So that can be good for safety, but not useful for the strategy.”
Fermin Aldeguer tested a MotoGP team radio device during a mid-season test last year, along with Somkiat Chantra, who was riding for the LCR Honda team at the time.
Nothing really came about from it following the initial testing phase, but it proved to be a fairly contentious topic during the Italian constructor’s season launch.
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Francesco Bagnaia also made his feelings clear on team radio in MotoGP
After Marquez gave his opinion on the matter, Francesco Bagnaia also chimed in with his thoughts on potentially having his boss, Davide Tardozzi, in his ear at critical moments during a race.
The two-time MotoGP world champion said, “I think it’s a change that will be strange to adapt to because it’s difficult with our helmets.
“We move our heads a lot while we are riding, so the cable can be annoying. And then maybe you’re doing a corner, and you start hearing Davide’s voice telling you, ‘Oil in turn seven.’”
After some laughter from those in attendance, Bagnaia continued, “It’s something we need to learn. Honestly, what I tried two years ago was something maybe too far.
“I know that other riders tried it in Valencia, and I don’t know what they say. I just hope that it’s better than what I tried in the past because it was very annoying.”
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