MotoGP 2026

[BMWST?]

That AM crash was bloody scary and I'm glad they choose not to show the fullcrash. Most racers do not want to see the full drama, in slomo thats for sure
2 restarts one nobodies fault the other a Zarco mistake. we have seen more red falgs in one race than I dunno hopw many seasons LOL.
Not sure if I am keen on that weaving down the straight to the inside white line I was hoping noone would get punted onto the grass being in the lead riders blind spot
I do feel for AM. He did nothing wrong and unfirtunatly they hadnt gone far enough in the race for him to get what he deserved for the weekend, not what he actually got. Cracked c7 I hope that works out ok????
Aprilia big winner in the championship after all the post race drama. What a weekend, what a hectic GP.

I cant find out so far whats up with Digga's hand?

Even on motogp you dont really see too much of the crash. It happenso fast I dont think a camera was actually on AM. Bez is lucky to get the points cos he was nowhere in the first rce. Apparently the C7 fracture is of the spiky bit of the Vertebre not the main body of it.(c/- paddock pass podcast)

[SaferRides]

I saw some stills of the aftermath of both crashes, very scary. I might skip watching the race, although great for Digia to win again. It's been a while. I'm not sure they should race again at Barcelona until they sort out a couple of issues with the track. Very lucky that it wasn't much, much worse.

There is now talk about having MotoGP races at some of the F1 street circuits. Sounds like a great leap backwards, how on earth could you ever make Singapore, for example, safe for bikes?

[jato]

street circuits would be crazy on mgp bikes - i expect the riders (mostly ) would boycott them.
But having an engine fail on any track is real dangerous , moreso if the racing is close . even missing a gear can cause serious chaos as per one nzsbk on the back straight of manfield. noting ktm had 3 or 4 breakdowns over the weekend

[iYRe]

There is an argument that that last race is pretty close to a street circuit, and it was at one point? I dont know that much about it, but if that's a case they just cant do street circuits, its too dangerous

[Reckless]

I made a promise I wouldnt do street, starting racing so late.
I'd love to do Cemetary Boxing day, but we break to easy at my age, been very lucky over the years and I dont wanna stuff myself up
So no lampposts for me

[iYRe]

Pretty epic racing today.. maybe not for 1/2 but everything else was very cool. The way pecco held of Ai at the end, and the epic battle between Marc and Acosta:

'I knew that I would lose that fight, but I said, OK, if I need to sell my skin, I will sell it in an expensive way.' Marc MarquezMugello handed MotoGP its best battle of the weekend, and neither man at the centre of it was fighting for the lead.
Marc Marquez, 33, riding injured on his Ducati, held off Pedro Acosta for 15 laps at the Italian Grand Prix before the 22-year-old KTM rider finally broke through.
The fight was for fourth place and it outshone everything else on track.
Acosta spent those laps studying Marquez from his rear wheel, not just racing him.
'I stayed behind him for quite a few laps to see if I could figure out how he was managing his tyres or what his race strategy was,' Acosta said.
'I'm a heavy braker, Marc seems to be riding more fluidly and calmly now that he's on the Ducati.'
Marquez acknowledged the gap in machinery without softening the compliment to his rival.
'I was fighting against Acosta, it's true. But I was fighting against him with a better bike,' Marquez said in a Spanish media brief.
Despite the injury, Marquez rated the weekend's outcome on his own clinical terms: completing the race and establishing a baseline for his rehabilitation on the bike.
'The most important thing for me is that I completed the weekend and that the starting point of my rehabilitation on the bike was not bad,' he said.
Acosta framed the duel as exactly what the sport needs right now.
'Battles like this are what we need to get people hooked again,' he said.
'I think this is one of the few times we've made it to the final three laps and he was still in the mix.'
Marquez, the seven-time world champion, was direct about Acosta's ceiling once the machinery gap closes.
'He's a brilliant rider, and once he's got a better bike, I'm sure he'll be in the running for the world championship,' Marquez said.