A 2027 MSMA proposal to give MotoGP riders just one bike on practice days has met open resistance from the grid, with riders and bosses warning it would cost the championship its most dramatic moments to save little.
From 2027 MotoGP swaps to 850cc engines, Pirelli tyres and no ride-height devices, the sport's biggest reset since 2012. As Honda, Ducati and the rest test prototypes, HRC's Romano Albesiano says it's 'worthless' to judge anything yet.
After a third major first-corner pile-up in a handful of rounds, MotoGP is bringing forward its ride-height device ban to August and trialling a wider starting grid, with Vinales, Rivola and Di Giannantonio weighing in.
MotorLand Aragon will host the Aragon Grand Prix in 2027 under a new deal before becoming a MotoGP reserve circuit from 2028, with Carmelo Ezpeleta hailing a near two-decade partnership.
With 16 of 22 seats settled, the fight for the final 2027 MotoGP rides is reaching its conclusion. Trackhouse, Tech3 and the Honda camp hold the keys to the last open doors.
Toprak Razgatlioglu says WorldSBK leader Nicolo Bulega can deliver 'very special results' in MotoGP, even as questions over Ducati's commitment to him persist.
Pedro Acosta topped Friday practice at the MotoGP Hungarian GP by over four tenths, the only rider in the 1m36s as KTM showed pace at Balaton Park.
Francesco Bagnaia says the Balaton Park layout was left largely unchanged because the provisional circuit is set to drop off the MotoGP calendar after 2026, with Enea Bastianini still wary of the chicane that caught him out last year.
Raul Fernandez held off Jorge Martin to take his maiden MotoGP sprint win at Mugello, completing a dominant Aprilia weekend that featured the marque's first front-row lockout and an all-time top speed record of 368km/h.
Cal Crutchlow, 40, made a surprise MotoGP comeback for the injured Johann Zarco at LCR Honda, admitting the bike is better than him and insisting it is not a full-time return.
Johann Zarco faces several weeks out and a wait for ligament surgery after a violent crash in a triple-red-flagged Catalan Grand Prix, prompting LCR Honda to search for a stand-in, with veteran Cal Crutchlow reportedly in line for a Mugello comeback.
Ross Brawn, architect of multiple Formula 1 titles, has joined MotoGP team Pramac Racing's board of directors as a non-executive advisor — his first move into grand prix motorcycle racing.
MotoGPs five manufacturers have opened formal talks with the new Liberty Media ownership and Dorna about scrapping the two-bike rule from 2027 onwards, with Carlos Ezpeleta leading the negotiations, Carmelo Ezpeleta reportedly opposed, and the Grand Prix Commission set to decide.
Gresini Racing's Alex Marquez has been discharged from hospital after undergoing successful surgery on injuries sustained in his Catalan Grand Prix crash, but will sit out the next two MotoGP rounds at Mugello and Hungary as the title race continues without him.
Rain cut Monday's Catalunya MotoGP test in half, but Pedro Acosta still set a 1m38.757 to top the timesheet for KTM. Jorge Martin crashed at turn seven, was checked at hospital and released, and Ducati arrived without three of its four GP25 riders due to Catalan GP injuries.
Two red flags, two hospital visits and a Friday warning shot from Jorge Martin left The Race MotoGP podcast openly asking what the championship has to learn from a Catalan weekend dominated by cold-tyre highsides and a 'no-grip' Barcelona surface.
Fabio Di Giannantonio claimed his first MotoGP win in nearly two and a half years at a Catalan Grand Prix interrupted by two red flags, while Joan Mir lost his podium to a tyre pressure penalty and Marc Marquez's title race took another savage twist.
Gresini Ducati rider Alex Marquez wins the 2026 Catalunya MotoGP Sprint by the smallest margin in series history, edging Pedro Acosta as Aprilia's Jorge Martin crashes and Marco Bezzecchi salvages only ninth.
Reigning World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu took the blame for finishing Friday practice at Le Mans 20th, admitting he is still learning the circuit while reflecting on how tightly packed the MotoGP grid has become.
Joan Zarco refused to claim favourite status at the 2026 French Grand Prix press conference, while Alex Marquez and Fabio Quartararo set out their stalls for the Le Mans MotoGP weekend.
