2026 MotoGP World Championship

The 2026 FIM MotoGP World Championship is the premier class of the 78th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season, the highest level of competition in motorcycle road racing. It is the final season of the premier class using 1000cc engines and Michelin series-specified tyres, before switching to new 850cc engine regulations and tyres sourced from Pirelli, among other technical changes, from the 2027 season onwards.

MotoGP introduced a new racing class starting in the 2026 season, the "Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup", featuring bagger-style motorcycles modified for racing, competing in six selected rounds of the MotoGP calendar across Europe and North America.

All teams will use series-specified Michelin tyres.

• Both Yamaha teams will utilize the V4 version of their engine from 2026 for the first time in the MotoGP era as the YZR-M1 has been an inline-four specification since 2002.

• Three-time World Superbike Champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu will make his Grand Prix motorcycle racing debut with Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP. He replaces Miguel Oliveira, who was released from his contract a year early and will replace Razgatlıoğlu at ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team.

• Reigning Moto2 World Champion Diogo Moreira will make his premier class debut with Pro Honda LCR replacing Somkiat Chantra, who is moving to Honda’s World Superbike outfit.

• Fermín Aldeguer suffered a fractured femur during training and missed the first round in Thailand. He was replaced by Michele Pirro.

Engine specification will be frozen for this season. For factories in concession Rank D, the engine specification freeze will not apply unless they change rank.

The following Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2026:

• Brazil returned to the calendar after a 21-year absence. The last race held in the country took place in 2004 at the Jacarepaguá Circuit in Rio de Janeiro, where it was known as the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix.
• The Argentine Grand Prix will not be returning to the calendar in 2026, as the organisers have confirmed in a statement, aiming to return in 2027. The Argentine Grand Prix came back onto the calendar in 2014 at the new Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo venue, having previously been held on and off in Buenos Aires between 1961 and 1999. However on 21 July 2025, Dorna announced that the Argentine Grand Prix would have a new home starting in the 2027 season. Work is currently underway to return to the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez.
• Due to the ongoing Iran war, the Qatar Grand Prix, originally scheduled for 12 April, was postponed to November 8. The Portuguese and Valencian Grands Prix were also rescheduled to a week later.

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers of the main race and to the top nine of the sprint. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

The teams' standings are based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries are ineligible.

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