MotoGP is threatening rebels with heavy penalties if they don’t contest this weekend’s Qatar GP, where the main aim will be to rescue Liberty Media’s market value, which plummeted by almost £2 billion due to the US/Iran war
2025 winner Raul Fernandez remains the last victor at Phillip Island after last Sunday’s cancelled GP. The Spaniard’s premier-class chronicle has been just as tumultuous as MotoGP’s tenure at the Australian venue
What was Jorge Martin’s real mistake in the Phillip Island sprint which transformed the championship in Marc Márquez’s favour? And why riders shouldn’t stand for Liberty’s ridiculous new rules which threaten riders with track penalties for missing promo events
This weekend MotoGP says a sad farewell to its greatest circuit, renowned for creating the closest racing in the series’ history
After a catastrophic 2025, repeated surgery and a painful split from Ducati, Jorge Martin has rebuilt himself into MotoGP’s most resilient title contender — and now leads Marc Márquez by two points with five rounds remaining
Marc Márquez left Mandalika without losing ground in the championship after Aprilia’s dominance unravelled in the sprint, while Bezzecchi’s Sunday win kept him in the title fight and Acosta hit out at Liberty’s new promo fines
Sweeping changes to the MotoGP schedule have been requested by the teams. But will they reduce costs and improve the racing or make MotoGP even more dangerous?
Another record attendance for 2026 MotoGP came at last weekend’s Japanese GP and reinforced one of the series’ staple events, but how does MotoGP Group go about deciding where to race and when?
Marc Márquez’s Motegi sprint/race double moved him to within two points of championship leader Jorge Martin but he’s in trouble with MotoGP bosses and has some work to do if he’s to repeat that feat in Indonesia this weekend
Can Nicolo Bulega do something that’s never been done before? And what exactly is the point of having both World Superbike and MotoGP when from next year the motorcycles in both series have never been closer?
