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# Podcast: Everything that's wrong with MotoGP's 2027 format changes
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/motogp/podcast-everything-thats-wrong-with-motogps-2027-format-changes/
- Published: 2026-10-21T03:25:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T03:25:07.000Z
- Description: We now know all the details of MotoGP’s 2027 weekend format changes, and they’ve certainly divided opinion
- Author: The Race Team
- Tags: MotoGP, #no-ads, #no-related-articles

We now know all the details of MotoGP’s 2027 weekend format changes, and they’ve certainly divided opinion.

Simon Patterson and Megan White join Matt Beer on The Race MotoGP Podcast to air their concerns and frustrations over how things are being shaken up in order to add a Friday qualifying session and a different grid for the sprint. They explain why they’re not against those outcomes, but have real problems with how they’re being achieved.

Plenty of riders clearly have misgivings too, and are the stars of the championship really as powerless in all this as they seem to think they are?