2026 MotoGP Championship

[Chuckjr]

Informative video about what is going on in MotoGP.

[FrukostScones]

Bezzecchi had all the right to gamble from his position, but they never did it... and when they finally swapped bikes he fell off immediately. Odd.

[stephen]

Huge congrats to Alex Marquez, what a way to celebrate his birthday with a win at Jerez.

[Chuckjr]

Epic weekend in Spain. MM crashes next to the pits in the changing conditions to rain, and ends up taking the win in the sprint. Turns around and ditches it as soon as his brother passes him in the race lap 2, while he was trying to keep up for a few corners. He was loose every corner exit after his brother passed him. Pushing too hard. Factory Ducati double DNF. The season is completely open. What a fantastic series. It’s all F1 wants to be, but cannot due to politics and corporate influence.

And can I just add the play by play guys motoGP uses (Matt Birt and Louis Suddaby) in the American feed are absolutely awesome. A joy to listen to the entire race. Very educational. They remind me of Steve Matchett from back in the day in F1. They are knowledgeable, humorous, know the history of MotoGP, and they know all the competitor back stories and skill sets. They fundamentally understand the sport. They also respect the sport and this comes out in their play by play. A huge high-five to MotoGP. Another great weekend.

[Farnborough]

A full explanation of what Aprilia is doing. I guess they brought in a bunch of F1 guru's, and this is the result. Awesome.

Many years ago someone started along the same path https://www.mcnews.com.au/1972-mv-agust ... s-not-new/ then no real interest until Ducati picked it up again in bringing it to the races.

Both times there appeared to be no belief in potential, until Ducati, with perseverance, started to accumulate compounded gains that caused a real rethink.

KTM acknowledged to have some RB input, the others seem to be home brewed generally.

[m06w41]

Epic weekend in Spain. MM crashes next to the pits in the changing conditions to rain, and ends up taking the win in the sprint. Turns around and ditches it as soon as his brother passes him in the race lap 2, while he was trying to keep up for a few corners. He was loose every corner exit after his brother passed him. Pushing too hard. Factory Ducati double DNF. The season is completely open. What a fantastic series. It’s all F1 wants to be, but cannot due to politics and corporate influence.

Only the sprint was worth the price of admission. The GP? Well, the sooner we get to next year the better. Motomatters fellas summed it up best when they mentioned that by lap 4 of a 25 lap race, broadcast was focusing on the fight in the back half of the field. By lap 13, the GP became a slog.

If the changes to the 850s work, I may be more inclined to your opinion excluding flag to flag races which I hope we get more of this year.

However, the Moto2 boys finally put on a show that wasn't amateur this year and made a damn good show without being spread out.

[stephen]

Congrats to Ai Ogura for a brilliant ride and becoming the first Japanese rider on a podium since 2012.

[Chuckjr]

Aprilia!! 1, 2, 3 finish and lock out the podium for the first time in their history. Well done lads. How sweet is that double victory weekend for Martin!?! Just a few years ago he was fighting to stay at Ducati, and now finds himself on the fastest bike in MotoGP. What a comeback story. Just incredible. MotoGP is delivering the goods in racing right now. Fantastic, pure racing.

[FrukostScones]

Sh*t. : ( That AM73 was already horrible, but it seemed he cheated death by a fraction.
Zarco crash looked absolutely stomach-turning. Let's hope for a good outcome for him and AM73.

FFS. But I blame Martin more than Fernandez, leaving the door open and then cutting back and basically entangling himself. Should have used his head.

[CMSMJ1]

Some lucky guys after this weekend.

Not what you want to see.

They're all in one piece and that is as good as we could have hoped.

[Starscreamer]

Lucky both men survive

Alex Marquez


Johann Zarco


Hope to see them back soon

[CMSMJ1]

I am glad to see them get away with it but Zarco, I am sorry to say, is surely not coming back - He is relatively older and his knee is throughly knackered.

The crashes and the outcomes were all pretty shocking in a sport where crashes are a way of life.