New Moto3 Rulebook For 2028

Last month, FIM announced that Moto3 will be undergoing regulation changes for 2028. The goal is to reduce costs and make the jump to Moto2, but is it a good or a bad rulebook?

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A new rulebook has been announced for Moto3 for 2028, the category will suffer a very big change, motorcycles will be made by Yamaha, which makes this the first category on a world championship series to be single-brand, forget about KTM and Honda, only Yamaha will be the bike provider, but lets not confuse between the provider and the teams, the teams will keep its identity, but they’ve got only one bike to choose. 

This change is not only about the brand, the bikes will be bigger, faster (from 250cc to 700cc, increasing the horsepower from 60hp to 95hp), and heavier (120kg the bike alone), the goal for this is to ease the jump from Moto3 and Moto2, and also to reduce costs for the smaller teams, so they can focus more on the performance of the bike and balance the grid even more.

This rulebook has not been far from controversies, a lot of people are arguing about the increase of the speed and weight to such young riders, coming to mind the terrible accident suffered by Rueda and Dettwiler last year in Malaysia, which almost ends the life of both riders. 

Let’s not forget that there are 17-19 year olds risking their life every time there’s a race, to now increase the bike’s speed, weight and length. 5 years ago, Jason Dupasquier (19 years old) left us because his bike went over him, same as Dean Berta Viñales (15 years old) in SSP300, Borja Gómez (20 years old) in the Stock European Championship last year, Pau Alsina (17 years old) in Moto3 Jr WCC and Hugo Millán (14 years old). 

This new rulebook might balance the grid, make the championship closer and help riders promote themselves, but is it worth risking the riders life even more?

Article Written by Alex Mesa