2026 MotoGP World Championship

The 2026 FIM MotoGP World Championship will be the premier class of the 78th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season, the highest level of competition in motorcycle road racing.

2026 is expected to be the final season of the premier class utilizing 1000cc engines and Michelin series-specified tyres, before switching to new 850cc engine regulations and tyres sourced from Pirelli, among other technical changes, from the 2027 season onwards.[1][2]

At this season, MotoGP will introduce a new racing class featuring Harley-Davidson motorcycles starting in the 2026 season. This class will be called the "International Bagger Series" and will feature Harley-Davidson Bagger motorcycles modified for racing, competing in six different MotoGP series in Europe and North America.[3]

Teams and riders

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider
Italy Aprilia Racing Aprilia RS-GP26 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi[4]
89 Spain Jorge Martín[5]
United States Trackhouse MotoGP Team 25 Spain Raúl Fernández[6]
79 Japan Ai Ogura[7]
Italy Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP26[8] 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia[9]
93 Spain Marc Márquez[10]
Italy Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio[11]
Desmosedici GP25[8] TBA TBA
Italy BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP 54 Spain Fermín Aldeguer[12]
73 Spain Álex Márquez[13]
Monaco Castrol Honda LCR
Monaco Idemitsu Honda LCR 		Honda RC213V TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Japan Honda HRC Castrol[14] 10 Italy Luca Marini[15]
36 Spain Joan Mir[16]
Austria Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM RC16[17] 33 South Africa Brad Binder[18]
37 Spain Pedro Acosta[19]
France Red Bull KTM Tech3[17] 12 Spain Maverick Viñales[17]
23 Italy Enea Bastianini[17]
Japan Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Yamaha YZR-M1 20 France Fabio Quartararo[20]
42 Spain Álex Rins[21]
Italy Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP[22] 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira[23]
TBA Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[24]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider

All teams will use series-specified Michelin tyres.[25]

Team changes

Rider changes

Rule changes

Engine specification will be frozen for this season. For factories in concession Rank D, the engine specification freeze will not apply unless they change rank.[26]

List of planned Grands Prix

The following 22 Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2026:[27]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit Ref.
1 1 March Thailand Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix Chang International Circuit, Buriram [28]
2 22 March Brazil Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia [29]
3 29 March United States Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin [30]
4 12 April Qatar Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Lusail International Circuit, Lusail [31]
5 26 April Spain Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera [32]
6 10 May France French motorcycle Grand Prix Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans [33]
7 17 May Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló [34]
8 31 May Italy Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero [35]
9 7 June Hungary Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix Balaton Park Circuit, Balatonfőkajár [36]
10 21 June Czech Republic Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Brno Circuit, Brno [37]
11 28 June Netherlands Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen, Assen [38]
12 12 July Germany German motorcycle Grand Prix Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal [39]
13 9 August United Kingdom British motorcycle Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone [40]
14 30 August Aragon Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz [41]
15 13 September San Marino San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico [42]
16 20 September Austria Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Red Bull Ring, Spielberg [43]
17 4 October Japan Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi [44]
18 11 October Indonesia Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, Mandalika [45]
19 25 October Australia Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island [46]
20 1 November Malaysia Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Petronas Sepang International Circuit, Sepang [27]
21 15 November Portugal Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Algarve International Circuit, Portimão [47]
22 22 November Valencian Community Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia [48]

Grand Prix locations

Location of non-European Grands Prix in 2026.

Calendar changes

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