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Marc Márquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix by 4.1 seconds over Pedro Acosta, with Alex Márquez third. His seventh victory of 2026 gives him an opportunity to clinch the championship at Qatar next weekend.
Rugved Barguje won the SX1 class at Round 5 of the MRF MOGRIP FMSCI National Supercross Championship in Nashik. His 37 point total came from a second place in Moto 1 and a victory in Moto 2. Nine classes brought the national field together at Pethe Nagar Grounds, with riders from the leading teams and local competitors sharing the same compact, demanding arena.
Jorge Martín has been cleared for Friday practice after fracturing his right wrist at Phillip Island. MotoGP will review him again after FP1. He reaches Sepang ten points behind Marc Márquez, with Marco Bezzecchi 50 points back and four rounds left in a title fight that has changed direction twice in a week.
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 arrives at Jerez already crowned champion, but the final weekend still matters. The WorldSBK paddock will close its 2026 campaign at Circuito de Jerez from 16 to 18 October, with one last set of races and a major change in the championship’s future approaching.
MotoGP’s title fight has tightened again, WRC has unveiled an expansive 2027 calendar, and a fresh wave of launches and championship finales is bringing the season into focus.
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.
Marco Bezzecchi won at Mandalika, Raul Fernández held second with two broken fingers, and Jorge Martín’s third place restored his lead over Marc Márquez.
Marco Bezzecchi passed Raul Fernández with eight laps remaining and rode away to win at Mandalika. Fernández finished second despite two broken fingers, Jorge Martín reclaimed the championship lead, and Aprilia celebrated a historic top-four lockout.
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.
Marc Márquez won the Japanese Grand Prix after taking Saturday’s Sprint, turning a 37-point weekend into a direct challenge to Jorge Martín’s championship lead. Martín finished second, with Marco Bezzecchi third for Aprilia.
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.
The supplied Sportscraft poster announced a 13 September Pune sprint rally for scooters and motorcycles, with FMSCI branding and a dirt focused event identity.
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.
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.
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.
Marc Márquez won his tenth MotoGP race at the Sachsenring, with Ai Ogura second and Raul Fernández third after a perfect summer-break weekend for Ducati.
Ai Ogura won his first MotoGP Grand Prix at Assen, with Raul Fernández second and Jorge Martín third after Marco Bezzecchi’s early crash changed the championship order.
