MotoGP bikes and riders deserve better than Balaton
Moto3 bikes go faster around most grand prix tracks than MotoGP bikes go around Balaton. This isn’t the kind of circuit that’s going to do anything good for the championship
Explore more than a century of racing in the Motor Sport Database: thousands of drivers, teams, circuits and races in our interactive encyclopedia
3,496 Championships
20,273 Results
26,117 Drivers
14,841 Teams
935 Circuits
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Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 23/08/2026 2026 F1 World Championship |
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4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 23/08/2026 2026 European Le Mans Series |
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Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, DC 23/08/2026 2026 NTT IndyCar Series |
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Dollar Tree 301 23/08/2026 2026 NASCAR Cup Series |
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Zandvoort F1 Academy – Race 2 23/08/2026 2026 F1 Academy |
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2026 Virginia United Sports Cars Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 23/08/2026 2026 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship |
2026 Italian Grand Prix
Monza, Lombardy
6 September 2026
2026 Spanish Grand Prix
IFEMA, Madrid
13 September 2026
2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Baku
26 September 2026
2026 Bahrain Grand Prix
Sepang, Selangor
4 October 2026
2026 Singapore Grand Prix
Singapore
11 October 2026
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