Five things we learned from day one of MotoGP 2026
MotoGP's post-season test was an early preview of 2026 - which meant new aero, new riders and a chance to reset for this year's strugglers
MotoGP's post-season test was an early preview of 2026 - which meant new aero, new riders and a chance to reset for this year's strugglers
Franco Morbidelli will miss the post-season MotoGP test due to the injury he sustained in a bizarre pre-race accident at the Valencia Grand Prix finale
Aprilia scored a 1-2 finish in the final race of the 2025 MotoGP season, with victory in the Valencia Grand Prix going to Marco Bezzecchi
The MotoGP bidding war for the services of Diogo Moreira - and Honda's victory in that bidding war - has aged spectacularly as he sealed the Moto2 title
MotoGP's new stewarding regime under Simon Crafar has generally been very popular with riders - but not today
Sixteenth on the grid and way out of the points in the sprint looks like more of the same misery for Pecco Bagnaia. But this time he might have actually just been unlucky
A series of crashes on the opening day of MotoGP’s Valencian Grand Prix - including two that left Moto2 riders in hospital with broken bones - are the subject of discord in the paddock over whether improper preparation of the Circuit Ricardo Tormo was part of the cause
A pretty straightforward Alex Marquez win in the Valencia MotoGP sprint, but quite a lot of messy drama behind
Aprilia MotoGP rider Marco Bezzecchi scored the final premier class pole position of the 2025 season at Valencia, as the top five were covered by less than a tenth
Honda's and Yamaha's newest MotoGP bikes performed credibly in the hands of their respective test riders on the final Friday of the 2025 campaign in Barcelona - but it is clear Honda is further along
