2026 world championship
The paddock
Race reports, technical analysis and paddock news from every round of the 2026 season.
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Marc Marquez sweeps the Balaton Park weekend
Pole, sprint, race and fastest lap. At the newest circuit on the calendar, Marc Marquez took all four.
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Balaton Park: seventeen corners in 4.075 kilometres
The newest circuit on the calendar packs more corners into each kilometre than anywhere else the championship visits.
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Mugello: Bezzecchi’s fourth, and Aprilia’s fifth
Pole in 1:43.921, 23 laps in 40:57.347, and a home win on the fastest lap of the calendar.
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Eleven laps at Barcelona, and a classification worth nothing
The Barcelona result sheet is the strangest of the season so far: eleven laps, a full classification, and not a single championship point recorded against any of it.
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Alex Marquez ends the Aprilia run at Jerez
Three rounds, three Bezzecchi wins — and then Jerez, where Alex Marquez took the Gresini Ducati to the front and stayed there.
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Bezzecchi opens 2026 with a Buriram clean sweep
Marco Bezzecchi took pole, the fastest lap and the win at Chang International Circuit, and Aprilia left Thailand leading a championship it had not led all winter.
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