Pedro Acosta has taken his first Grand Prix victory in MotoGP at the Grand Prix of Austria, a day after throwing away the sprint and a few hours after another crash in the warm-up. The 22-year-old had previously stood on the podium 15 times without ever reaching the top step.
From the 2027 season, MotoGP wants to run two qualifying sessions at every race weekend, one for the sprint and one for the Grand Prix. The proposal is already with the teams and manufacturers and follows the Formula 1 model, but differs from it on one important point.
Pedro Acosta topped both MotoGP practice sessions for the Grand Prix of Austria on Friday and put his rivals on alert. Several factors behind KTM’s fastest time come together precisely at the Red Bull Ring.
To mark the Nürburgring’s 100th birthday, BMW Motorrad is launching the M 1000 RR, the M 1000 R and the M 1000 XR as limited special models in Nürburgring Green. Each of the three motorcycles will be built 100 times worldwide and should be available to order from 19 October 2026.
Ducati has published the full specifications and the price of the Desmo450 SM. The brand’s first race supermoto costs from 13,290 euros in Germany, weighs 109 kilograms ready to ride without fuel and reaches selected European dealers from December 2026.
Motorcyclists follow rules that appear in no law book and are still observed almost everywhere. From the wave and tapping the helmet to the riding order within a group, it is a system built entirely on reciprocity.
The first test drives for a driverless taxi service begin in Munich in the coming weeks, and other operators are already on the road there. For motorcyclists that pushes one question to the front, and there is still no solid European answer to it: how reliably does this technology detect a single-track vehicle?
Spain’s traffic authority DGT now has 130 Veloláser devices in service, barely bigger than a forearm and working without a flash. Anyone riding through Spain on holiday should know how these devices measure, where they are placed and which new systems are being added in 2026 and 2027.
