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.
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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.
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.
KTM unveiled the new Factory Editions of the 450 SX-F and 250 SX-F at EICMA 2026. Frame, fork, engine and electronics are new, and this very technology is set to feature across the entire SX range from 2028.
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.
Marc Marquez wins the Malaysian Grand Prix without a single real attack on his lead and extends his advantage in the MotoGP championship to 44 points. As early as next weekend in Qatar, the Ducati factory rider can clinch his eighth premier-class title, while Aprilia suffers another setback in Sepang.
Pedro Acosta won the MotoGP sprint in Sepang after Alex Marquez crashed out of the lead and raindrops unsettled the field. Marc Marquez finished second and now leads the championship by 19 points over the injured Jorge Martin.
Jorge Martin was medically cleared for the entire race weekend at Sepang, yet stopped after just three laps in the afternoon. Whether the Aprilia rider continues with his broken wrist on Saturday will only be decided on the morning before qualifying.
Ducati is looking for a second test rider and is also talking to Maverick Vinales, while Pedro Acosta sees his move alongside Marc Marquez above all as a chance to learn. Ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix, it is clear how differently riders and manufacturers are using the final weeks before the new 850cc era.
Joan Mir is getting back on the Honda RC213V at the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. After four missed Grands Prix, doctors have given him the green light, but there is still no diagnosis to this day.
Jorge Martin is fighting to start in Sepang after fracturing his radius, and Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi uses the case to voice clear criticism of the calendar. He also defends Marc Marquez in the dispute over the Qatar GP and gives his assessment of the title fight, which now also depends on Martin’s right wrist.
Several MotoGP riders considered the wet track rideable on Sunday, yet the last Grand Prix at Phillip Island was cancelled. The deciding factors were a fixed safety rule for the rescue helicopter and a weather situation that nobody had on their radar on Saturday.
The last Grand Prix at Phillip Island has been cancelled because the medical helicopter could not fly due to poor visibility. For Jorge Martin, who broke his radius in Saturday’s Sprint, it is an unexpected breather in the battle for the championship.
At Jerez, Honda sent the next generation of the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade onto the track for the first time, hidden under a camouflage livery. The race bike features Ducati-inspired aerodynamics and is expected to form the basis of a new homologation model.
Marc Marquez has won the last MotoGP sprint at Phillip Island and reclaimed the championship lead. His title rival Jorge Martin crashed out of second place and will miss Sunday’s Grand Prix with a fracture in his right forearm.
MotoGP races at Phillip Island for the last time this weekend before the Australian GP moves to Adelaide. The island finale brings a tight title fight, a strong Aprilia camp and a weather forecast that could throw the schedule into disarray.
MotoGP intends to hold the Qatar Grand Prix from 6 to 8 November despite the conflict in the Middle East. The teams have been informed, but there are clear reservations in the paddock, and plenty of points are at stake in the tight title fight.
Toprak Razgatlioglu will undergo surgery on his right shoulder in Milan on 26 October and will therefore miss the last five races of the 2026 MotoGP season. For the Pramac Yamaha rider, this not only means missing his farewell to Phillip Island, his first test on the 850 cc bike for 2027 is suddenly in doubt too.
John McGuinness wants to keep racing in 2027, with the TT, the North West 200 and selected rounds of the British Superbike Championship in his sights. By his own account, the deciding factor is a race that ended for him under a red flag after just one lap in 2026.
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.