Michael Dunlop won the Senior Classic TT on Tuesday morning, taking his third victory of the 2026 Classic TT. Behind the result lies an unusual back story, because after a protest his team had to strip the Suzuki’s engine completely shortly before the finale.
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Suspension manufacturer Öhlins has been collecting data from almost every MotoGP rider for decades. Racing director Jonas Torstensson has now explained what separates Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi and Pecco Bagnaia from a technical point of view.
Rob Hodson has won the first Junior 600 race at the Classic TT on the Isle of Man, setting the fastest lap of the race along the way. Behind him things turned dramatic, because the runner-up ran out of fuel shortly before the finish.
John McGuinness has won the Historic Senior race at the Classic TT 2026 on the Isle of Man. It was his first race victory since 2019, and it came in the year marking the thirtieth anniversary of his debut on the Mountain Course.
Michael Dunlop won both Classic TT races on Sunday afternoon and broke a nine-year-old lap record in the process. In the Ultra-Lightweight running alongside, a benchmark that had stood since 1993 also fell.
The Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials run from 23 to 27 August on the salt flats in Utah. Alongside the outright world record, 16 further FIM benchmarks are on the programme.
Ten races in 13 weeks will decide the 2026 MotoGP title, and six riders still have a realistic chance. The restart in Aragon lands on a circuit that suits one of the chasers considerably better than the championship leader.
Paul Jordan has won the Historic Junior Classic TT on the Isle of Man for the second year running. The margin was comfortable, even though the Northern Irishman spent much of the race running only fourth.
The organiser has brought the entire Classic TT race schedule forward, squeezing every race into four days between Saturday and Tuesday. After three days of qualifying it is also clear who goes into the races as favourite in each of the six classes.
Netflix is developing an action film set entirely in the world of MotoGP. Alan Ritchson takes the lead role, and the screenplay is being written by one of the key writers of the Fast & Furious franchise.
Johann Zarco climbs back onto his Honda at the Grand Prix of Aragón, a good three months after his heavy crash in Barcelona. The return is only cleared, however, once he passes the medical check at the circuit on the Thursday before the race weekend.
Pedro Acosta explains openly why he deliberately avoids closeness in the MotoGP paddock and why his patience with KTM ran out. On 1 December he rides the Ducati for the first time, alongside a team-mate he has been compared with since his Moto3 days.
Two riders have lost their lives within 24 hours at the Manx Grand Prix 2026 on the Isle of Man. A third entrant is in a critical condition in a Liverpool hospital after a heavy crash on the opening day.
Ducati is bringing hardly any new parts to the track for the current Desmosedici GP26. Test rider Michele Pirro explains why he considers the project finished and how that can affect the final races of the season.
Around eleven weeks after her serious sidecar crash at the Tourist Trophy, Maria Costello was back at a circuit for the first time. The Briton visited the British Superbike Championship round at Thruxton on Saturday and afterwards spoke about a day that, in her own words, took a lot out of her.
Four riders speak openly about the coming season, and their assessments differ widely. While Cal Crutchlow blames the tyre for what is really wrong with the racing, Toprak Razgatlioglu already sees Yamaha’s new project on a good path.
Miguel Oliveira rates Marc Marquez as the greatest rider of all time and sees only one serious rival in the young generation. The MotoGP chief medical officer offers an explanation that has less to do with talent than with the mind.
Günther Steiner expects MotoGP to take a small step back with the new 850 cc engines before two steps forward follow. Test rider Pol Espargaro even reckons the pecking order among the riders could shift considerably.
MotoGP is sticking with two motorcycles per rider even after the major rule change. The push by Aprilia and Ducati to cut the number of machines failed against resistance from KTM.
Ducati has released the Silverstone review from its own web series, and in it Marc Márquez sounds considerably more worried than he did in front of the microphones. The garage footage shows a world champion fighting for control of his right arm – and a team-mate in pain in every right-hand corner after surgery.


















