Triumph Motorcycles will continue to provide its record-breaking 765cc triple powerplants as an exclusive engine supplier to the FIM Moto2 World Championship for another three seasons, from 2022-2024 as the engine continues to impress since its introduction in 2019.

Triumph has signed up as an engine supplier for Moto2 for the next three years with their 765cc Triple.

Since the start of the 2019 season, Triumph Motorcycles has provided all teams with race-tuned 765cc triples, each of which is based on the class-leading Street Triple RS engine. With developments that allow it to breathe more freely, rev harder and deliver a peak power output of more than 103kW (an increase of more than 17% on the production engine).

This 765cc triple brought to the category a much-welcomed boost in power, transforming the performance and level of competition. Following Dorna’s intent to bring the Moto2™ series closer to MotoGP™, the increase in power and torque, combined with a more advanced electronics package, has provided a more relevant training and development ground, while enhancing the overall racing in its own right.

Dorna have been aiming to close the gap between Moto2 and MotoGP with the high-output powerplants.

In the past two years, Moto2™ graduates have gone on to take podiums and victories in their first seasons in the premier MotoGP class: 2019 Moto2™ World Champion Alex Marquez taking a pair of second places in 2020, and title rival Brad Binder with a victory also in 2020 and, more recently, in Austria 2021. Jorge Martin took his first Moto2™ victory in 2020, followed a year later with his maiden MotoGP™ win and a further two podiums in 2021. These incredible results go to prove how Moto2™ has become the natural springboard for MotoGP™ that Dorna envisaged.

Redefining the category, records have also fallen across the board. As well as 14 different race winners since 2019, there have been lap records set at 34 events, including records which have been broken and re-broken year-on-year, and the first ever 300km/h-plus top speed for a Moto2™ machine. The record stands at 301.8km/h at Phillip Island.

Triumph have been working closely with Dorna to create the perfect engine for the series.

“Our first years together have been a wonderful success and I’d like to thank Triumph for their help and hard work over these first three years – especially during the pandemic. The FIM, IRTA and Dorna are happy with the results this project has shown and it’s validated the consistency of the steps between Moto3™, Moto2™ and MotoGP™. Overall, we are pleased with the partnership, and we look forward to three more exciting years together.” said Carlos Ezpeleta, Dorna Sports Managing Director.

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