KTM cut the maximum engine speed of the RC16 by 500 rpm during the 2026 season to prevent further engine failures. From the Misano race weekend onwards, the full rev band is expected to be available again.
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Marc Marquez has published a photo on Instagram that clearly shows the state of his right shoulder. It makes visible what the Ducati rider has been talking about for months, and raises the question of how he intends to survive the title fight of the 2026 MotoGP season with it.
MotoGP has published the test dates for the 2027 pre-season, and the programme is considerably shorter than before. Ahead of the biggest rule change in years, regular riders are left with just five official test days on the new 850cc machines.
After Fabio Quartararo’s open criticism, Yamaha has hit back and accused the Frenchman of lacking objectivity. Team director Massimo Meregalli holds up Jack Miller of all people as the example to follow.
Fabio Quartararo no longer wants to help Yamaha with development for 2027 in their final year together. By his own account, the trigger is the manufacturer’s refusal to let him ride at the Pirelli test in Austria.
South Australia’s Premier Peter Malinauskas has presented the revised design of the Adelaide Street Circuit, which is to host the Australian Grand Prix from 2027. Compared with the first plan from February, the track has become shorter, has three corners fewer and runs completely differently at one decisive point.
Marc Marquez won the Grand Prix at MotorLand Aragon even though a mistake of his own dropped him to third right after the start. Behind him, Pedro Acosta produced the biggest moment of the race with one overtake and ended a long wait for a podium.
The MotoGP Group has appointed Carlos Ezpeleta deputy Chief Executive Officer. His father Carmelo remains CEO, which officially moves the 35-year-old into second place in the leadership structure of the motorcycle world championship.
Tech3 has signed Luca Marini as its first rider for the 2027 MotoGP season. The Italian is leaving the Honda factory team after three years and will ride a KTM from now on.
Fermin Aldeguer stays with Ducati until the end of 2028 and moves from Gresini to Valentino Rossi’s team for the 2027 season. There he gets a current factory bike for the first time, and with it the same machinery as Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta.
Maverick Vinales will not be on the KTM RC16 at the Grand Prix of Aragon either. Pol Espargaro stands in for the second time in a row, and the team is now naming Misano as the new target.
Suspension manufacturer Öhlins has been collecting data from almost every MotoGP rider for decades. Racing director Jonas Torstensson has now explained what separates Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi and Pecco Bagnaia from a technical point of view.
Ten races in 13 weeks will decide the 2026 MotoGP title, and six riders still have a realistic chance. The restart in Aragon lands on a circuit that suits one of the chasers considerably better than the championship leader.
Netflix is developing an action film set entirely in the world of MotoGP. Alan Ritchson takes the lead role, and the screenplay is being written by one of the key writers of the Fast & Furious franchise.
Johann Zarco climbs back onto his Honda at the Grand Prix of Aragón, a good three months after his heavy crash in Barcelona. The return is only cleared, however, once he passes the medical check at the circuit on the Thursday before the race weekend.
Pedro Acosta explains openly why he deliberately avoids closeness in the MotoGP paddock and why his patience with KTM ran out. On 1 December he rides the Ducati for the first time, alongside a team-mate he has been compared with since his Moto3 days.
Ducati is bringing hardly any new parts to the track for the current Desmosedici GP26. Test rider Michele Pirro explains why he considers the project finished and how that can affect the final races of the season.
Miguel Oliveira rates Marc Marquez as the greatest rider of all time and sees only one serious rival in the young generation. The MotoGP chief medical officer offers an explanation that has less to do with talent than with the mind.
Günther Steiner expects MotoGP to take a small step back with the new 850 cc engines before two steps forward follow. Test rider Pol Espargaro even reckons the pecking order among the riders could shift considerably.
MotoGP is sticking with two motorcycles per rider even after the major rule change. The push by Aprilia and Ducati to cut the number of machines failed against resistance from KTM.