MotoGP and its teams finally agree their 'Concorde' deal
MotoGP’s teams have finally signed their long-awaited version of Formula 1’s Concorde agreement with the championship’s owners, after successfully negotiating their new commercial deal as a unified front for the first time in the series’ history.
The deal, agreed in principle at the Hungarian Grand Prix two weeks ago, has now been signed, and will be formally announced in a press conference this Friday at the Czech race at Brno.
The conclusion of the saga marks the end of months of heated negotiations between the teams and the series’ bosses, as the now Liberty-run championship has asked for a greater commitment from teams and riders in areas including marketing - while teams have in turn demanded a greater share of the series’ profits.
The debate has featured both sides leaking a series of demands of the other, including permanent reserve riders and a proposal to move to a one-bike-per-rider format without spares from the championship, and teams wanting increased input into the series’ calendar.
Talks grew increasingly heated as the 2026 season got underway, coming to a head at the Spanish Grand Prix in April when a number of teams failed to show up at a MotoGP event to woo sponsors and media partners.
The decision to negotiate as a united front, something that the series’ five manufacturers have never attempted before, is believed to have been led by Aprilia boss Massimo Rivola, who is no stranger to similar negotiations in F1 thanks to his time as Ferrari’s sporting director.
With negotiations now complete, it likely means that there is set to be a flood of rider market announcements, with deals signed as far back as January (such as Marc Marquez’s Ducati contract extension and Pecco Bagnaia’s Aprilia move) likely to be announced in the coming days.
