Where the speed is: the 2026 top-speed table

The fastest anyone has been through a speed trap this season is 364.8 km/h — and the rider who did it is not in the top five of the championship.

Enea Bastianini heads the 2026 top-speed table at 364.8 km/h on the Tech3 KTM, from Pedro Acosta at 363.6 on the factory bike. Diogo Moreira, Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin are next, all recorded at 362.4.

The spread from first to twentieth is smaller than a rounding error would suggest, which is the point: aerodynamic rules have compressed straight-line performance to the width of a slipstream. Nobody wins a 2026 Grand Prix on top speed alone.

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