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Pedro Acosta has come out against MotoGP's proposed "single-bike rule" being considered for 2027. Citing his Friday crash at Brno, he said losing access to a spare bike would not be a good move for riders.
As far as I'm concerned, Acosta's right. As long as you're attacking corner entry through exit, crashing comes with the territory. If there's no backup machine there, a rider on the ground has no choice but to cut into their safety margin. There's nothing more dangerous than a rule made by someone who doesn't know what actually happens in the pits.
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Acosta speaking his mind bluntly — hope the riders' voices actually get reflected in the rule discussions.
So a two-bike setup is currently standard in MotoGP — first I've heard of this cost-cutting debate.
If cost-cutting means a single-bike setup, that creates an unfairness where riders who crash more often are put at a bigger disadvantage.
Racing a whole season without a spare bike would be an unthinkable level of risk to riders from the old days.
Without a spare bike, the pressure of it being one-shot-only from qualifying through the race gets even heavier.
Pointing to the Friday crash at Brno as an example is a genuinely convincing way to argue against it.
A single-bike rule is presumably for cost-cutting, but it's a fair point that it trades off against safety concerns.
I get the cost benefits, sure, but balancing that against rider safety is really the crux of the debate.
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