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MotoGP officially confirmed on Wednesday the introduction of a new weekend format, first revealed by Motorsport.com during the Austrian Grand Prix, which will come into effect next year and feature a dedicated qualifying session for the sprint race.The change was approved by the...
The 2026 Japanese Grand Prix was a special one for Ducati’s technical guru Gigi Dall’Igna. Exactly a year after Marc Marquez clinched the MotoGP title on one of his creations, Dall’Igna celebrated his 100th grand prix success at Motegi.All of these 100 wins have come in just the...
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Fabio Quartararo has revealed that his Japanese Grand Prix was heavily compromised by fuel conservation issues last Sunday, hinting that it was not an isolated probem. Quartararo finished Yamaha's home race 12th, the same position where he had started, making it a reasonably aver...
At first glance, a 37-point haul for Marc Marquez hardly suggests an unusual or intriguing weekend. But Motegi almost always provides novel sub-plots - and 2026 was, in fact, no exception.Last-corner penalties, first-lap crashes, a new track surface, Honda's ups and downs at home...
Koji Watanabe, the long-time boss of Honda's racing activities under HRC, will retire on 1 January 2027, with Keiichi Yasuda appointed as his successor.A long-time Honda employee after first joining the Japanese marque in 1987, Watanabe became the head of Honda's racing division...
Japan marks the start of the Asia-Pacific leg of the 2026 MotoGP season, with five races scheduled over the next six weeks.Francesco Bagnaia won the 2025 Japanese GP aboard the factory Ducati, but the track has been completely resurfaced since then, making any comparisons to last...
As previously revealed by Motorsport.com, Honda confirmed on Thursday that Red Bull will return as a sponsor of its factory MotoGP team, four years after the energy drinks brand used Marc Marquez's departure as a way out of its agreement with HRC.Red Bull and Monster, the two lea...
Maverick Vinales, who will make his MotoGP comeback at Motegi this weekend after missing the last five races with a shoulder injury, admits he thought he “wouldn't race again” in the 2026 season.Vinales does not trust the Austrian manufacturer one bit, and even less so Guenther S...
Yamaha believes Ai Ogura has the potential to become one of the best Japanese riders in MotoGP history and help reignite passion for motorcycling in his home country.Trackhouse rider Ogura has been one of the star performers of the 2026 MotoGP season, with his first-place finish...
KTM motorsport chief Pit Beirer has opened up on the impact of the recurring engine issues that plagued the first half of its 2026 MotoGP campaign.After emerging out of insolvency proceedings, things were supposed to return to greater normality for KTM. The racing activities had...
Pedro Acosta is the fastest KTM rider and the benchmark for the Austrian marque. His first MotoGP victory at the brand’s home race in Spielberg was the high point so far.In the 2026 season, the Spaniard is the only KTM rider who can regularly mix it at the front, as at the season...
Maverick Vinales will return to action at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix after a three-month hiatus due to injury, Tech3 KTM has announced.The Spaniard has received clearance from doctors to fly to Japan and make his competitive return in time for the 16th round of the 2026 M...
Pedro Acosta’s decision to join Ducati for MotoGP 2027 was motivated by a desire to beat Marc Marquez on the same machinery rather than a more lucrative contract, according to his current team KTM.Acosta will replace three-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia at the factory Duca...
The switch from Michelin to Pirelli tyres is arguably one of the biggest changes in MotoGP for the 2027 season. So far, there have been two official test days, held behind closed doors at Brno and Spielberg respectively on the Monday after the respective race weekends.Some of the...
Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo believes MotoGP should have the same number of sprint events as Formula 1, amid plans to introduce a dedicated qualifying for half-distance races.MotoGP’s stakeholders are set to agree on a new weekend format for 2027 that would see each round feature tw...
The 2027 MotoGP calendar has been officially released, with Buenos Aires and Adelaide joining the schedule, Qatar moving up to the second round and five double-headers plus one triple-header.Next year's schedule features several new additions and the most international schedule i...
Somkiat Chantra will return to MotoGP as stand-in for the injured Joan Mir at the Japanese Grand Prix at the factory Honda team.It was announced yesterday that Mir will miss the next two races, the Japanese and Indonesian rounds, which take place in early October.For the time bei...
Priorities meant that the teams first focused on deciding which rider line-ups they would put on track in 2027, a season in which many of the championship’s protagonists will change teams, before turning their attention to the less visible side of the operation, but one that is j...
Marc Marquez believes Pedro Acosta has firmly entered the 2026 MotoGP title fight following his maiden premier-class victory at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix.Factory KTM rider Acosta ended his long wait for a first premier class win with a dominant performance from third on...
Honda rider Joan Mir remains sidelined and will not take part in the Japanese or the Indonesian Grands Prix, the Tokyo-based team announced on Tuesday.The 2020 world champion retired on the fifth lap of the San Marino GP race, held last 13 September, travelling to Barcelona that...
There has never been much doubt about Pedro Acosta’s quality or talent, but since making his MotoGP debut three years ago, he had been waiting for KTM to give him a bike to challenge for a grand prix win.That wait finally ended at the Red Bull Ring, KTM’s home circuit, where Acos...
Leaving aside private tests with test riders, the 2026 MotoGP testing calendar had two dates scheduled for race riders to have a first contact with the new Pirelli tyres, which in 2027 will replace the current supplier.The first of these tests took place on the Monday after the C...
There are still eight races remaining in the 2026 season, with uncertainty surrounding the Qatar round, but much of the MotoGP grid is already looking ahead to next year.That is hardly surprising, not only because several riders will change teams and take their careers in new dir...
Francesco Bagnaia has provided a radical suggestion for the new qualifying system under discussion for 2027. On Friday at the Austrian Grand Prix, Motorsport.com revealed that MotoGP is working on plans to separate qualifying for sprint races and grands prix. Under the current sy...