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Reduced visibility kept the medical helicopter on the ground, leaving MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 with no safe route to race on Sunday. Riders completed two parade laps and stopped to greet the crowd in the final Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island before the event moves to Adelaide in 2027.
Marc Márquez began the Australian Grand Prix with the quickest lap of 1:27.985, only 0.048 seconds ahead of Raúl Fernández. Jorge Martín arrived as championship leader by two points, with the first morning already bringing a close fight and a hard fall for home favourite Jack Miller.
Nicolò Bulega finished his final WorldSBK campaign with 726 points from a possible 744, 32 wins in one season and a run of 49 consecutive podiums. The scale of the numbers is striking. The steadiness behind them is the deeper story.
Four riders are scheduled to take MotoGP machinery onto the Circuit of The Americas during Saturday of the United States Grand Prix weekend. The short showcase puts two global racing series together on one of the sport’s most recognisable modern circuits.
Further examinations in Milan have confirmed that Toprak Razgatlıoğlu will undergo surgery on his injured shoulder on 26 October. Yamaha says the three-time WorldSBK champion will miss Phillip Island and the remaining rounds of the 2026 MotoGP season, with Augusto Fernández planned as his replacement.
Nicolò Bulega closed WorldSBK’s 2026 season with a clean sweep at Jerez. A rain-softened Race 2 brought his career victory total level with Troy Bayliss, while Sam Lowes made a final-lap pass for third and Iker Lecuona secured second in the championship.
Jorge Martín leads Marc Márquez by two points after Mandalika. Phillip Island comes next, from 23 to 25 October, with fast corners, open water beyond the circuit and a title fight that has no room for a quiet weekend.
Nicolò Bulega won all three WorldSBK races in Portugal, taking his 2026 tally to 29 victories and 664 points. Rookie Alberto Surra matched the moment with a podium in every race at Estoril, including a hard-fought third in Sunday’s finale.
Raul Fernández claimed his first MotoGP pole, then watched Turn 1 end his Sprint before the opening lap was done. Marc Márquez turned that disorder into victory and a four-point championship lead over Jorge Martín.
Raul Fernández lowered the all-time Mandalika benchmark to 1:28.725, leading an Aprilia 1-2-3 in Friday Practice at the Indonesian Grand Prix.
Jorge Martín leads Marc Márquez by two points as MotoGP reaches Indonesia for round 17. The Lombok weekend begins with a title fight tight enough to make every practice lap matter.
A crash from the Sprint lead did not alter Acosta’s Sunday method. He followed Jorge Martín, passed on lap nine and delivered KTM a home win at the Red Bull Ring.
Pedro Acosta passed Jorge Martín on lap nine and controlled the Austrian Grand Prix, with Marco Bezzecchi third and the title fight tightening before Motegi.
A new all-time lap record put Alex Márquez fastest in MotoGP practice, only 0.076 seconds ahead of Pedro Acosta. Marc Márquez was third, while Moto2 and Moto3 each produced a close fight of their own on the opening day of the Japanese Grand Prix.
The provisional 12-round calendar runs from Phillip Island to Shanghai, restores Valencia after a long absence and sets up one final Australian visit before the planned move to The Bend in 2028.
The Japanese Grand Prix opens a five-round overseas run with Martín 12 points ahead of Marc Márquez, Marco Bezzecchi 42 back and Pedro Acosta building momentum after his first MotoGP win.
Bulega’s 2026 title at Cremona completed a journey through early Grand Prix promise, a difficult Moto2 spell, a career-defining move to WorldSSP and two seasons near the top of WorldSBK.
Iker Lecuona won Race 2 to complete a three-race Cremona sweep, while Nicolò Bulega secured his first WorldSBK crown with second place and six races still remaining.
Jaden Immanuel, the Chennai rider of the number 91 Honda NSF250R, has been announced as the 2026 ADAC Junior Cup champion after the Hockenheim finale. The result gives India a landmark title in one of Europe’s key junior motorcycle series.
Iker Lecuona won Saturday’s 23-lap WorldSBK race at Cremona by 5.591 seconds over Ducati teammate Nicolò Bulega. Sam Lowes finished third, with Sunday’s two races still to come.
Sarthak Chavan led Rakshith Dave and Chiranth Vishwanath in a Petronas TVS Racing one, two, three, while Ann Jennifer, Kabilesh Rajini Krishnan and six more winners shaped a busy Saturday at MMRT.
Nicolo Bulega led every session in France, extended his perfect 2026 Superpole record and completed a three-race sweep that takes him to the edge of the WorldSBK title.
Nicolo Bulega won Race 1, the Superpole Race and Race 2 at Magny-Cours, with Iker Lecuona second each time and the championship now moving to Cremona.
Marc Márquez won Saturday’s Misano Sprint from Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martín after Bezzecchi became the first rider under 90 seconds around the circuit in qualifying.
Marc Márquez resisted Pedro Acosta and Marco Bezzecchi at MotorLand Aragón to take a Ducati victory that moves him to second in the 2026 standings, 19 points behind Jorge Martin.
Daniel Sanders won the bikes at Argentina’s Desafío Ruta 40, Seth Quintero took his first Ultimate car victory and the 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship now turns towards Morocco and Abu Dhabi.
Raul Fernandez won the British MotoGP on 9 August, with Jorge Martin second and Marco Bezzecchi third in an all-Aprilia story at the front.
