MotoGP is the premier class of two-wheel motorsport, and today we will talk to you about its costs. You will be speechless.
The 2024 MotoGP season is giving us some truly remarkable emotions, with a battle at the top that seems reserved for three standard bearers. Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia also provided entertainment and emotions at Le Manswhere the home rider Ducati Pramac he won the Sunday race for the second time this season, flying to +38 points in the standings over Pecco, with Marc at -40, tied with Enea Bastianini.
Martin was perfect once again, and by also winning the Sprint Race on Saturday, he really came into his own in the French Grand Prix. Marquez, who started 13th, gave us the opportunity to observe an exceptional comeback, confirming that he is still the point of reference for MotoGP. In the next lines, we will reveal how much a premier class motorbike costsand we are sure that the figures will surprise you quite a bit.
MotoGP, here’s how much they cost exactly
Let’s start immediately by underlining an important aspect, linked to the production of technical means. MotoGP bikes are designed solely and exclusively for the track, and have no connection with the seriesunlike Superbikes, which are indeed extreme evolutions, but which as a basis start from models that are available on the market.
Nowadays, the top class motorbikes are real prototypes, which have achieved exceptional performances, breaking the lap records of the various tracks year after year. The maximum speed reached last year was 366.1 km/h, and achieving this was Brad Binder with the KTM at Mugello, but it is very likely that this year we will do better. Around the premier class bikes there is a sensational study on the aerodynamic frontwith these jewels which are now sprinkled with fins and deflectors, aimed at generating the greatest possible downforce.
Such an accentuated development has obviously led to costs rising, and things could not have gone differently. To date, a MotoGP can cost up to 3 million euros, an impressive figure, with the 2027 regulations aiming to reduce these costs. We’ll see if the organizers succeed in their aim, but at least for the moment, we know that racing in this category is a fortune for a few.
