Twenty-four points cover the top five riders after 11 rounds, the tightest in the MotoGP era. Alex Marquez blames collective inconsistency; Bagnaia insists the field is simply deeper. Both have a case.
Jack Miller now says his MotoGP time has run its course and names World Superbike as his likely 2027 home - though a reported one-million-euro asking price narrows the field to Honda and BMW.
Honda confirmed 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo and Moto2 prospect David Alonso as its 2027 MotoGP signings on the same morning, completing a dramatic rebuild while leaving open which rider partners Quartararo in the factory team.
Tech3 is Senna Agius's most realistic route to MotoGP in 2027, but Guenther Steiner says no decision has been made between the Australian and Manu Gonzalez. Jack Miller backs the wider Australian pipeline.
MotoGP points leader Jorge Martin admits his Aprilia has lost its early-season speed, warning he won't stay on top for long as Marc Marquez, Ai Ogura and the Trackhouse bikes close in over the summer break.
Cal Crutchlow's home Grand Prix appearance at Silverstone leaves Britain with a single, part-time MotoGP rider, and highlights why the nation hasn't produced a premier-class champion since Barry Sheene in 1977.
For the first time since the concession system began, Ducati has fallen out of MotoGP's top rank — by less than half a percent — as Aprilia climbs to Rank B and Honda sinks to the bottom tier.
Incoming MotoGP tyre supplier Pirelli has confirmed it will retain the sport's contentious minimum front tyre-pressure rule when it replaces Michelin in 2027, with racing director Giorgio Barbier insisting safety must come first even after a run of podium-altering penalties.
South Australia billed MotoGP's 2027 move from Phillip Island to an Adelaide street circuit as a coup, but the plan is now mired in a fight over park-lands trees, cost and consultation — with the state's own circuit pioneer among the loudest critics.
Francesco Bagnaia underwent endoscopic surgery on his right forearm during MotoGP's summer break to treat chronic compartment syndrome, and is targeting a return at Silverstone as his title defence stalls and Ducati loses ground.
MotoGP's push to give each rider a single bike from 2027 is close to collapse after KTM reversed its support, leaving Aprilia and Ducati isolated and the grid's biggest names openly hostile.
Marc Marquez swept the Sachsenring, but the German Grand Prix's near-total lack of overtaking left riders trading blame. Alex Marquez, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Pedro Acosta and Cal Crutchlow each named a different culprit - grid rules, tyre temperatures, sprint length and the tyre-pressure limits.
MotoGP reaches the Sachsenring with Johann Zarco and Fermín Aldeguer ruled out, Cal Crutchlow deputising again, and Marc Marquez and Maverick Viñales racing through injury as the 2026 season's physical toll mounts.
Yamaha sits fifth with no podiums, but Pramac boss Gino Borsoi says being 1.2s off the pace is an 'incredible result' for the V4 project, as Rins and Quartararo await upgrades.
Red Bull KTM has completed its 2027 factory line-up, signing 2025 runner-up Alex Marquez from Gresini and Fabio Di Giannantonio from VR46 — a double raid on Ducati talent that pushes out Brad Binder ahead of MotoGP's 850cc reset.
Malaysia has signed a five-year extension to keep MotoGP at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit through 2031, cementing one of the sport's best-attended rounds and doubling down on the international motorsport event it built after F1 walked away.
Yamaha will part with 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins at the end of 2026, with Jorge Martin widely tipped to lead an all-new factory line-up in 2027.
Ai Ogura claimed a historic maiden MotoGP victory at the Dutch TT, leading a Trackhouse Aprilia 1-2, while championship leader Marco Bezzecchi crashed out and handed the points lead to teammate Jorge Martin. Marc Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio clashed behind.
Marc Marquez chased down team-mate Francesco Bagnaia and held off Ai Ogura to win the Czech Grand Prix at Brno, his fifth premier-class win at the track, slicing Marco Bezzecchi's championship lead to 40 points as the banned Aprilia rider sat out.
Maverick Vinales says KTM promised him a factory seat over the winter, then offered Tech3, and now he 'doesn't even know where he stands' for 2027. Pit Beirer urges patience.
