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Diogo Moreira moves up to Honda’s MotoGP factory team in 2027, where he will ride alongside Fabio Quartararo. David Alonso, meanwhile, starts his premier-class career with the LCR satellite team next to Johann Zarco.

Spanish brand MACBOR will line up at the Dakar 2027 with its own team for the first time. At the handlebars is Gerard Farrés, who had actually announced his last Dakar start on a motorcycle back in 2018.

Yamaha is going through a difficult learning year with its new V4 engine in the 2026 MotoGP season. Team manager Massimo Meregalli and racing boss Paolo Pavesio explain what the new engine already does better and where the M1 is still losing time.

Since Liberty Media took control of MotoGP, the championship is meant to reach new markets and a broader audience. Yamaha racing boss Paolo Pavesio supports this course in principle, but draws a clear line: the existing fans must not be left behind.

Honda once again has to find a replacement for the ill Joan Mir at the Australian Grand Prix. After Aleix Espargaro’s powerless performance in Mandalika, practically only Superbike rider Somkiat Chantra remains an option.

Peter Hickman holds the lap record at the Tourist Trophy and now wants to become the fastest man on two wheels. To make it happen, British team GreyhoundLSR is building a streamliner cut so tightly around the rider that even getting in becomes a challenge.

The entry list for the 58th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix is set, but two of the last three winners are missing. Ahead of the race on 21 November, all eyes are therefore on Peter Hickman, the only rider in the field who has stood on the podium in Macau in the past four years.

Jorge Martin picked up a gastrointestinal infection after the Indonesian Grand Prix and had to be treated with a drip. At the same time, Aprilia has named the two tracks where the manufacturer is most worried in the title duel with Marc Marquez.

After an argument with a track marshal at the Indonesian Grand Prix, Yamaha rider Alex Rins received death threats on social media. The Spaniard has apologised for his gesture and hopes the marshal has apologised too.

Michael Dunlop has published pictures and a video in which he fires up a Gilera 250 in Marco Simoncelli’s livery. The TT record winner is keeping his plans to himself, but there are signs of a race outing.

Toprak Razgatlioglu retired from the Indonesian Grand Prix after eight laps because he lacked strength in his right shoulder following a crash. An examination in Turkey is set to show whether he needs surgery and can race at the next round in Australia.

Aprilia may soon stop letting its riders race each other freely in the MotoGP title fight, as technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini names a timeframe for possible instructions in favour of Jorge Martin for the first time. Those most affected would be Marco Bezzecchi and the two Trackhouse riders Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura.

The 2027 Dakar is due to start in Saudi Arabia on January 1, but the security situation in the region is becoming increasingly difficult. The ASO is apparently working on a new route in the north, while reports of a shortened rally in Morocco are also circulating.

After the first one-two-three-four in Aprilia’s history in Mandalika, those involved explain what really happened over the weekend. It is about a tyre pressure mistake, a deliberate tactic by Marc Marquez and a new fine that is causing anger in the paddock.

Marco Bezzecchi has won the Indonesian Grand Prix, giving Aprilia the first four-way victory in the company’s history. With third place, Jorge Martin takes the championship lead back from Marc Marquez, the gap is two points, just as before the weekend.

On Suzuki’s endurance GSX-R1000R, the mudguards, fairing and winglets are made of flax instead of carbon. Swiss manufacturer Bcomp openly names the strengths and weaknesses of the material, and a crash at Suzuka showed how the parts behave when it really matters.

Honda HRC Progressive is auctioning the plastics the team raced at the SMX playoff in Carson. All proceeds go to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, which fights brain tumors in children.

MotoGP’s new weekend format for 2027 splits the field into two camps. At the same time, the dispute shows how little influence the riders have on such decisions.

Casey Stoner refuses to accept that MotoGP is leaving Phillip Island after this season. Shortly before the last Grand Prix on the island, the former world champion announces that he will fight for the track’s return to the calendar.

MotoGP is overhauling its race weekend from 2027: the Sprint gets its own qualifying session on Friday, and the Warm-up on Sunday is dropped. This changes the schedule on all three days, and riders will have less free practice time in the very year of the new 850s.