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MotoGP, everything changes in qualifying in 2027: here’s why
The new format aims to make Saturdays more exciting, giving more weight to outright speed and less to strategy.
8 October 2026 1 min read 1 views
From 2027, MotoGP will overhaul its qualifying format. The goal is to boost the show and give more importance to the single flying lap, in a weekend that today often rewards strategy and management more than pure attack.
For Italian fans, that could mean more intense and less predictable Saturdays, with direct effects on the grid and therefore on Sunday’s race too. The changes are part of the wider technical and sporting reset already planned for the championship’s new era.
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