From 2027, MotoGP will air exclusively on ESPN in the USA, under a two-year deal that also includes Latin America. This ends the Fox Sports era, but unlike Fox, ESPN has not committed to showing every race live.
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Jorge Lorenzo supposedly struck Valentino Rossi from the debate about the greatest motorcycle racer of all time – but the decisive sentence did not come from him. The former world champion accuses several media outlets of manipulation and demands severe penalties for such reports.
Pecco Bagnaia has undergone successful surgery on his right foot in Turin following his crash in the Qatar sprint. Whether he can ride again at the Portuguese Grand Prix depends on how the injury heals over the next few days, while Ducati is confident about Valencia.
If Marc Marquez wins his eighth premier class title in Portimão, he will draw level with Giacomo Agostini. Jorge Lorenzo sees him as the best rider of the modern era, Ducati calls Qatar a key race, and Valentino Rossi gets people talking with a fresh dig.
The Milan motorcycle show reports more than 600,000 visitors and a 6 percent increase for its 83rd edition. However, the biggest growth was not among the public but in the number of trade visitors from abroad.
Marc Marquez has revealed his heart rate after the Qatar Grand Prix: for almost half an hour he rode in the highest exertion zone, ending at 190 beats per minute. While the MotoGP leader pushed himself to his limits, Maverick Viñales is openly questioning his career after the weekend in Lusail.
In the riders’ championship Marc Marquez can hardly be stopped any more, but the MotoGP manufacturers’ standings are still wide open. After the Qatar Grand Prix, Aprilia is just eight points behind Ducati, with a budget considered the smallest of all five factories.
After the Qatar Grand Prix, Marc Marquez is just one small step away from his eighth MotoGP title. The decision could already come in the Portimão Sprint, while Aprilia fights for the manufacturers’ title and Valentino Rossi revives the old 2015 feud.
Marc Marquez openly admitted after the Qatar Grand Prix that he was physically spent, and ServusTV pundit Stefan Bradl believes a retirement after the title win is possible. Add to that a Bezzecchi who is already thinking about 2027, an Aprilia celebrating Martin’s heroic effort and a Grand Prix without a single penalty.
Marco Bezzecchi won the Qatar Grand Prix from pole position and led every one of the 22 laps. Marc Marquez finished second and must wait until Portimão, where a win in Saturday’s sprint alone would give him his eighth premier-class title.
Pecco Bagnaia broke two metatarsals in the crash in the MotoGP sprint in Qatar and cannot race on Sunday. Fermin Aldeguer apologizes for the hit, while Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi assess their collision in Turn 1 completely differently.
Marc Marquez won the red-flagged and restarted MotoGP sprint in Qatar and can become premier-class world champion for the eighth time in Lusail on Sunday. He owes the match point to Fabio Di Giannantonio, who took second place from Jorge Martin on the final lap.
Fabio Di Giannantonio ends Friday practice at Lusail with a new lap record, with Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi close behind. Jorge Martin goes straight into Q2 with a broken radius, keeping alive the chance of pushing the title decision beyond Qatar.
On 11 and 12 November, Mexico is auctioning off the motorcycle collection seized in December 2025 from former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding. The starting prices for the factory Ducatis are around €99,000 to €122,000, far removed from the value the FBI attributed to the collection.
Marc Marquez can become premier-class world champion for the eighth time at Lusail on Sunday, but the field at the Qatar Grand Prix is thinner than it has been in a long time. Injured riders returning, replacement riders and an unusual November date shape a weekend in which Saturday’s sprint already sets the course for a possible title celebration.
Jorge Martin is travelling to Qatar despite a broken radius and wants to get back on his Aprilia there. He has written off the title for himself, while team-mate Marco Bezzecchi wants to keep fighting as long as the maths allows.
Just days before the Grand Prix in Lusail, the USA attacked an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz. MotoGP is sticking with the race regardless, but Yamaha is staying at home and a large part of the paddock is only arriving at the last minute.
Aprilia has unveiled the RSV4 Obscure Spe.Ed. at EICMA 2026, a track-focused special model limited to 500 numbered units. According to the manufacturer, it is the first production superbike to carry the leg wings from MotoGP, alongside carbon wheels and purely mechanically adjustable Öhlins suspension.
Joan Mir is set to skip the Qatar Grand Prix, with Honda planning to field Superbike rider Jake Dixon as his replacement in Lusail. Following his retirement in Sepang, it is now known in more detail for the first time what has been holding back the 2020 world champion for months.
Yamaha is not sending any of its four MotoGP bikes to the Qatar Grand Prix, openly defying the organiser. MotoGP is sticking to the race, threatening the manufacturer with consequences and at the same time having to deal with a rider field that mostly does not want to go to Lusail at all.