MotoGP 2026

**Reckless** · 19th November 2025, 15:24

OK so first shakedown for the 2026 season.

Yamaha V4 testing started, is the biggest story to date.
Toprak also now on the new Yamaha V4. I see he has front end feeling "they said he would have to get used to" if he risks a Toprak stoppie in the pits

No MM til next year

Test FP1 results FP2 not up yet.
Bulega is doing OK

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Here are some Vids
Toprak
https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/202...ylistId=425969

Note the riding style difference, way more on the bike than what we now see as normal in MotoGP. Interesting to see how this changes over the year!!

Fabio feedback on the V4
https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/202...R00002tqGIBQA2

New riders, New bikes, Lets see if anyone can Challenge MM in 2026 !!!!

**iYRe** · 19th November 2025, 16:30

They say TopCat muscles the machine around a bit more than the others, seems more in control

**sugilite:Me** · 19th November 2025, 17:03

Roll on 26! Subscribed to this thread.

I reckon Marc is still going to be the one to beat assuming Ducati don't produce a GP26FU edition. ©️Honda
J Martin could be a threat if he can stop crashing motorcycles on and off the track.
Fabio Q definitely has the skills to threaten Marc, but only if Yamaha can give him the bike to be able to do it.
Bez and possibly even Raul could grow into Alien status - maybe, granted a big maybe.

When is the first race? lol

**Reckless** · 19th November 2025, 19:57

Originally Posted by sugilite

When is the first race? lol

To far away I mean they are professionals why do they need a break

TopCat is doing what Topcat does, pretty good feedback from his team.
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10...c-motogp-debut

Some good articles on crash generally NOT clickbait.

Stumbled across this as well

Why is Toprak Razgatlioglu called ‘El Turco’?
Toprak Razgatlioglu is sometimes referred to as ‘El Turco’ because that translates to ‘The Turk’ in Spanish. The nickname was given to him in his early days of WorldSBK as a way to acknowledge his Turkish nationality.

**iYRe** · 20th November 2025, 09:58

This is on the Farcebook, but it was an interesting thing. The Marquez brothers having a meal with their Grandad and he's telling Marc its time to give up (pre surgery I thnk):
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AD9Yog4JE/
Its interesting to see the relationships...and the emotion...

**iYRe** · 25th November 2025, 13:29

Pedro Acosta v 5 Rookies.. this was pretty hard case:

**sugilite:Me** · 25th November 2025, 14:30

Cheers for that iYRe!
Pedro is full of talent, he appeared to be pulling his punches with that rookie....
Acosta is deeply gifted. He is a little like Miller, just in the sense he never seems to have enough tyre left near the end of the race to fight for a win. I do wonder if Pedros tighter lines than the other riders put a heavier load on the edge of the rear tyre ultimately leaving him without enough side grip to take the checkers first? Would like to see what he can do on a Duke or an Aprillia

Be interesting to see if it was that holding him back, or the KTM, or both because that is the only way he can ride the KTM to stay at the pointy end as often as he does.

**iYRe** · 25th November 2025, 16:25

Originally Posted by sugilite

Cheers for that iYRe!
Pedro is full of talent, he appeared to be pulling his punches with that rookie....
Acosta is deeply gifted. He is a little like Miller, just in the sense he never seems to have enough tyre left near the end of the race to fight for a win. I do wonder if Pedros tighter lines than the other riders put a heavier load on the edge of the rear tyre ultimately leaving him without enough side grip to take the checkers first? Would like to see what he can do on a Duke or an Aprillia

Be interesting to see if it was that holding him back, or the KTM, or both because that is the only way he can ride the KTM to stay at the pointy end as often as he does.

Yeah if he wasnt so pouty lookin i'd like him.. definitely a talent, they keep sayin he'll be the next MM
He did seem to be able to overtake that rookie at will - was a sign of maybe some maturity, or at least grace, that he let the guy win

**sugilite:Me** · 25th November 2025, 18:45

Originally Posted by iYRe

Yeah if he wasnt so pouty lookin i'd like him.. definitely a talent, they keep sayin he'll be the next MM
He did seem to be able to overtake that rookie at will - was a sign of maybe some maturity, or at least grace, that he let the guy win

I think red bull may have the same opinion as you shared in your first sentence - resulting in your second sentence coming to fruition!

**BMWST?** · 26th November 2025, 13:56

I think the rookie was a little faster but Pedro was able to stick it up the inside,but he got passed on the straight mostly. I def think the KTM uses the tyres more than the other bikes.

**iYRe** · 27th November 2025, 13:05

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BgviBvo6d/
Saw this on the facebooks, post race Miller being a dad.

**iYRe** · 17th December 2025, 08:14

So, Toprak has apparently made the v4 yam go faster than any one has expected and accelerated their development program. They are using new software etc, and he was supposedly very very fast.

Acosta has signed to 2027, but no one knows exactly where though, it seems.
(Probably KTM I reckon)

**SaferRides** · 19th December 2025, 06:38

This is really a footnote to 2025, but may be useful info for watching the 2026 season.

After trying Three Now at the start of the year, I moved on to Motomundo after a couple of races as the TNT commentary team was too much. Streaming wasn't always the best, so I downloaded the sessions and races and streamed them to the TV. Great quality, definitely better than Three Now. I did watch PI live on Three though.

Downsides are I had to keep deleting the files from my phone, and GoFile had a couple of glitches during the year, but I've kept a few of the races on the laptop.

Definitely a workable option though, if you can't / won't pay for Videopass.

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