MotoGP 2026 Season

Official Announcements now starting to be made ; Tech3 staying with KTM, Davide Brivio departing Trackhouse, Alberto Puig stepping down at Honda and rider confirmations that Mir is leaving Honda (rumours say Gresini bound) and Ogura is leaving Trackhouse Aprilla (rumours say Yamaha factory team).

The king of Barcelona, Alex Marquez, has won the sprint and starts favourite for the main race tomorrow.

Casey O'Gorman has not been so fortunate,12th in qualifying but demoted to 24th, a 12 place penalty for slow riding during qualifying 1.

Concerns about the safety of the Barcelona track have been to the fore ,limited run off areas have seen bikes hitting the air fence and coming back towards the riders.

Tomorrows main race is expected to be Alex Marquez battling with Pedro Acosta, Diggia in the mix and Mr.Sunday, Bez, threatening the podium.

Today was a good day for Motogp, in fact you could say that about the whole weekend, all riders are relatively ok after a number of horrendous accidents.

Alex Marquez appears to only have shoulder fractures after his horrendous collision with Pedro Acosta when the latter's bike faltered,Johann Zarco has left leg injuries following his crash which saw his leg trapped under the bike of Pecco Bagnia.

Fabio DiGiantonio has a left hand injury after suspension parts from Alex's bike hit him.

Jorge Martin had to frightening accidents earlier in the weekend, those who remember the tragic accident of Luis Salom at this track know how eerily similar Jorges accidents were.

Jorge has already apologised to his team for his reaction in the pits, for me the story ends there. Pedro Acosta has already criticised Moto GP for restarting the race for a third time and I am sure that I wasnt the only person who wanted this weekend in Barcelona over.

5 of the finishers received penalties, its a weekend to forget....

Prior to the weekend Luca Marini called on the riders to be more active concerning safery, its twenty years since the horrendous first corner crash at Barcelona, and while Alex's crash could never be planned for ,why was there gravel in between the grass, the gravel caused the bike to barrel roll.

Ending on a happier note, Casey rode fabulously to get 10th, his 12 place penalty on Saturday felt a bit excessive.

Mugello in two weeks time.

After the Hungarian GP were Moto gp bikes struggled to pass each other, the question left to ponder is ,is Marc a contender for 2026 championship?,

The Balaton circuit played to Marcs strengths and Jorges wipe out of Bez,Raul and Diggia made it a relatively straight forward run to the flag once Pedro was passed.

This weekend we are back to a proper circuit ,Brno ,a track that will suit the Aprillas and will answer the question is Marc a contender.

Brno will also have significant importance as one way or another riders plans for '27 will be unveiled.

The motogp version of the concorde agreement has apparently been signed which should see a lifting of the teams self imposed rider announcement ban.

And if there are any doubts ,Monday 22nd see the first tests of the '27 850cc Bikes , Bez will test the Aprilla , Jorge won't ,as hes on his way to Yamaha.

In fact testing will be somewhat limited with only Bez(Aprilla),Marc and Aldeguair (Ducati) ,Toprak (Yamaha) staying with their current teams. Pol and Dani will test for KTM. The oddity is Honda were it has been decided that allowing Mir (Ducati bound), and Marini (hoping to get the 2nd Trackhouse Aprilla) to test the '27 is more beneficial than allowing Moreira and Nalagami(test rider) , Zarco getting injured has impacted their plans significantly.

Brno normally gives good racing, and as a spectator it is one of the best tracks you can visit.

Bez/Gonzalez and Quilles probably start favourites across the three categories.