2026 MotoGP Championship

[Chuckjr]

2026 MotoGP Championship thread. Good luck to all pilots!

[Chuckjr]

Posted in the 2025 thread...but a great video to get 2026 underway. Would be fantastic to see Aprilia challenging at the sharp end.

[CMSMJ1]

Thanks for kicking us off Chuck, it's going to be an interesting year on the bikes

The end of an era technically so they'll throw the kitchen sink at it

[FrukostScones]

My Team: Zarco, Martin, Bezzecchi, Vinales, Acosta, Rins and Ogura.

[Chuckjr]

[etusch]

First race result changed by incredible penalty. Hope this will not go on like this.

[FrukostScones]

First race result changed by incredible penalty. Hope this will not go on like this.

Alex Hofmann said it was exceptionally spot on penalty.

I think you need to carefully compare lines before one can compare Acosta attack with Marquezor vice versa. I have no real opinion. It was a good show between the two no matter the outcome.

[etusch]

Oh if Alex said I should accept

[Chuckjr]

Shame it had to end on a penalty, but great sprint nonetheless. Frustrated Bez threw it away. I think he would have won. The Aprilia is fast.
Ducati looked maybe faster than KTM on straights but KTM was faster in the corners in Aco’s hands, this race. Looks like maybe this championship won’t be a run-away by anybody.

[Seanspeed]

First race result changed by incredible penalty. Hope this will not go on like this.

Having to give back the one position seemed entirely fair for that.

Ducati seem to have gone backwards. Slower than they were last year. Seems to be having the same kind of turn-in problems they had in like Motegi and whatnot last year. We'll see if that continues, but it seems testing showed that as well.

[FrukostScones]

Great race with all the drama!

Acosta versus Bezzecchi versus Marquez title fight! What more do we want?

Big luck for David Alonso in Moto2.

[Chuckjr]

Outstanding race. Aprilia seems the one to beat this year. Their trick aero package seems to really be making a difference. Ducati with MM seems to be the closest. Nice to see new faces on the podium.

[etusch]

I think this year we can see all manufacturer as winner except yamaha. And I think more then one win for each one. But wdc between Aprilia and Ducati or Bezzecchi vs MM. But bezz makes too much mistake.