Pedro Acosta signs with the Ducati Lenovo Team for 2027 and 2028, pairing the 22-year-old with Marc Marquez on the factory Desmosedici GP. Red Bull KTM loses their most capable factory rider at the end of this season.
Marc Marquez has confirmed a two-year Ducati Lenovo Team contract extension through 2028 — 545 points, 11 GP wins, and a world title in his debut factory season. Announced June 23, 2026, mid-season.
The FIM Grand Prix Commission bans front ride height devices from MotoGP effective at Assen this weekend, widens grid spacing in all classes from the German GP, and caps manufacturers at six machines per factory from 2028.
Marc Marquez wins the 2026 Czech MotoGP at Brno for back-to-back victories. Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi is suspended from the main race after striking a marshal post-Sprint. Title lead: 8 points over Aprilia teammate Martin. Assen is next.
All five MotoGP manufacturers — Aprilia, Ducati, Honda, KTM, and Yamaha — have signed a single 2027–2031 framework agreement, the first time in the championship’s history that every manufacturer has signed one collective deal simultaneously.
MotoGP stages its first large-scale public Dutch MotoGP watch party on June 28 at the Outernet in London — 360-degree coverage of the Dutch Grand Prix at TT Circuit Assen on Europe’s largest digital screens, produced with TNT Sports, free and open to the public.
The Aragon GP 2027 is confirmed under a one-year deal. From 2028 through 2031, MotorLand Aragon moves to reserve status — available if another round falls through but no longer a guaranteed fixture on the MotoGP calendar.
Marc Marquez claimed his 100th career Grand Prix victory at the 2026 Hungarian MotoGP at Balaton Park — only the third rider in world championship history to reach the milestone — in a race that began with a dramatic Turn 1 collision between Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi.
Marco Bezzecchi delivered an unforgettable performance at the 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix at Mugello — winning from pole to lead an Aprilia 1-2 with teammate Jorge Martin, while Bagnaia held off Ogura in a last-lap battle for third.