Honda was unable to finish in a top 10 in his first two consecutive matches of the season, following the 9th Italian Grand Prix and the 10th Dutch Grand Prix. This season, I’ve been hearing a sense of revival, so I’ve been hearing people saying, “What the heck is it?”
Just as it was decided that Kurt Trib, known for designing KTM’s MotoGP engine, will be transferring to Honda. It was already reported that the company would likely transfer during the Dutch Grand Prix, but it is said that Honda will start designing the engine as soon as possible this season. In 2027, due to a regulation change, the MotoGP class engine displacement will be reduced from 1000cc to 850cc, so there is no doubt that it will be involved in the design of the new 850cc engine.
I’ve been called the Honda engine for a long time, but I’ve never heard of a contract with a foreign engineer like this in the 36 years since I started playing for the Grand Prix. Paddock’s most concern is of course the trends in riders, but this time Trib’s transfer drama is as shocking as Marc Marquez left Honda to join Ducati in that “foreigners design Honda’s engines.”
The man who built the fastest engine in MotoGP
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What kind of person is the German Trib? The most well-known thing was that he was in charge of developing BMW’s F1 engines in the 1990s. He has also made great achievements, including designing the endurance racing engines for Ilmore for F1, CART and Audi.
In the 2000s, he moved to two wheels and was in charge of KTM off-road machines, Moto3 engines, and MotoGP engines. In the Moto3, he defeated Honda, which had previously shown overwhelming strength, and although he has not won a title in the MotoGP class (8 wins so far), he is known as the designer of the fastest engine. Currently, the MotoGP car’s top speed record is 366.1km/h, marked by KTM’s Brad Binder at the 2023 Italian Grand Prix, and it has hit the 363.6km/h, marked by Ducati’s Jorge Martin.
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