Kuala Lumpur has emerged as the frontrunner to host the 2026 MotoGP season launch, a format first introduced ahead of the 2025 season in Bangkok, Motorsport.com has learned.While Dorna is yet to announce its final decision, Motorsport.com understands that the Malaysian capital city currently enjoys the broadest support.Another option underContinue Reading
With a riders’ market that activates earlier each year, and is expected to be highly active heading with an eye on 2027, Fabio Quartararo will decide in the coming months whether to renew his trust in Yamaha or seek his fortune with another manufacturer that may offer less money butContinue Reading
Somkiat Chantra will not be at the Red Bull Ring for MotoGP’s Austrian Grand Prix next weekend, and Honda has struggled to find a replacement.Chantra got injured on 4 July on an off-road training ride near Barcelona and underwent surgery on 8 July to treat the lateral collateral ligament in hisContinue Reading
With three major European manufacturers already on the MotoGP grid – Ducati, KTM and Aprilia (from the Piaggio Group) – the absence of German giant BMW has always felt like an anomaly. More so given its current presence and success in the WorldSBK production bike series with Toprak Razgatlioglu.BMW hasContinue Reading
Fabio Quartararo is the only rider who has been able to consistently challenge Marc Marquez in the battle for pole positions this season. The Frenchman set the fastest qualifying lap at Jerez, Le Mans, Silverstone and Assen, while championship leader Marquez has started from pole on seven occasions. The onlyContinue Reading
Although Ducati chose not to reveal lap times from its private test in Hungary earlier this week, Pecco Bagnaia has shared his time aboard the Panigale V4 used on the day at Balaton Park. This turned out to be the fastest of the test, ahead of factory Ducati team-mate MarcContinue Reading
Ducati sent seven units of its Panigale V4 super sport bike to Hungary on Tuesday, so that its riders could learn the Balaton Park circuit, which makes its debut on the MotoGP calendar later this month.Despite comfortably leading all three world championships – riders’, teams’, and constructors’ – the ItalianContinue Reading
Marc Marquez came into MotoGP’s summer break on a hot streak. He has strung together five consecutive doubles – winning both the sprint and Sunday races at Aragon, Mugello, Assen, the Sachsenring and Brno. That run has catapulted him into a lead of 120 points over second-placed Alex Marquez, hisContinue Reading
MotoGP’s chief commercial officer Dan Rossomondo believes Liberty Media’s arrival will boost the championship’s global reach without compromising its essence.Just under a month ago, Liberty Media completed the acquisition of 84% of Dorna, the rights holder of MotoGP, after the European Commission finally gave the green light to a dealContinue Reading
Johann Zarco gave up MotoGP’s summer break to race – and win – the Suzuka 8 Hours for Honda, after the team failed to sort out the paperwork for Xavi Vierge, leaving the Frenchman and Takumi Takahashi as a duo in a race designed for trios.It is a good thingContinue Reading