MotoGP has announced that the fuels used across all Grand Prix classes will be non-fossil and effective from the 2027 season.
A decision was made after several meetings between the Grand Prix Commission, led by FIM President Jorge Viegas, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and IRTA Chairman Mike Webb.
In an effort to make the championship more sustainable ahead of the 2027 regulation changes, the announcement means that the fuels used across each of the three Grand Prix classes will also be changing.
“From 2027, fuel in all Grand Prix classes will be 100% non-fossil,” MotoGP revealed in a statement.
“It has now been agreed that the 100% non-fossil nature of these fuels will be assessed via the C14 test.
“The C14 test measures the fraction of C14, which is the shorter-lived carbon isotope, missing in fossil substances due to its decay over a long time, over total carbon, and compares it to the standard levels found in the atmosphere.
“For 2027 MotoGP fuels, these figures should be the same minus a tolerance, meaning the C14 content of the fuel sample should be the same as the atmosphere, ruling out the possibility of the fuel being of fossil origin.
“The fuels will therefore no longer be obtained by crude oil refinement and they may in principle be either biofuels or e-fuels obtained by direct atmosphere CO2-capturing.
“The combustion of non-fossil fuels releases the same amount of carbon that has been captured before. MotoGP took a major step in this direction in 2024 by mandating that fuels contain at least 40% non-fossil content.
“This transition will now continue with a fully mandated shift to 100% non-fossil fuels by 2027, marking a significant departure from current fuels, which are predominantly derived from crude oil refinement.”
