MotoGP 2026
Round 13 – MotorLand Aragon
Title fight takes a twist before MotorLand even begins
MotoGP returns to action at MotorLand Aragón with ten Grands Prix remaining, but one of the championship’s leading contenders has already suffered a potentially costly blow before a wheel has turned.
Ai Ogura, third in the World Championship and only 37 points behind leader Jorge Martin, has been ruled out of the Aragón Grand Prix after fracturing his left hand while training in Japan.
The Trackhouse Aprilia rider will undergo surgery on Thursday for a fracture close to his left thumb, forcing him to take a zero at a particularly damaging point in an extraordinarily tight championship battle.
Ogura arrived at this stage of the season as one of five riders covered by only 41 points. Instead, while Martin, Marco Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio fight over another potential 37-point haul across the Sprint and Grand Prix, Ogura can only watch as his closest rivals potentially overhaul him in the standings.
The Japanese rider sits only three points ahead of Marquez and four ahead of Di Giannantonio, while Silverstone winner Raul Fernandez is only 19 points behind his Trackhouse team-mate.
That means Ogura could leave Aragón having fallen several positions in a championship in which he had increasingly established himself as a genuine title contender.
Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori has been drafted in at short notice to replace Ogura at Trackhouse.
For championship leader Jorge Martin, the picture is considerably brighter.
Martin arrives in Spain with the momentum after an outstanding British Grand Prix weekend. Pole position, victory in the Sprint and second place on Sunday moved the Aprilia Racing rider 31 points clear of team-mate Bezzecchi.
MotorLand, however, could produce a very different competitive picture to Silverstone.
The 5.08-kilometre Aragón circuit runs anti-clockwise, with ten left-hand corners against seven rights, significant elevation changes, a 968-metre back straight and several areas where stability under heavy braking is critical. Grip has traditionally been relatively low while the surface is abrasive, adding tyre management to the list of challenges.
And if there is one rider whose record suggests Aragón could offer the perfect opportunity to turn the championship momentum back his way, it is Marc Marquez.
Marquez back on favoured territory
Silverstone was one of the more difficult weekends Marquez has endured since joining Ducati, but MotorLand has traditionally been very much MM93 territory.
The reigning champion has seven premier-class victories at Aragón and has claimed pole position, the Sprint victory, Grand Prix victory and fastest lap across his past two visits to MotorLand.
That history takes on additional importance with Marquez only 40 points behind Martin.
He also begins the weekend just three points behind the absent Ogura, meaning Aragón represents an opportunity not only to eat into Martin’s championship advantage but almost certainly to move ahead of one of his principal title rivals.
After Aprilia dominated much of the conversation at Silverstone, MotorLand shapes as an obvious opportunity for Marquez and Ducati to hit back.
Martin comes armed with championship momentum but faces a different challenge. Having missed last year’s Aragón round, this will be his first visit to MotorLand aboard the Aprilia RS-GP.
“We are arriving at one of our home GP races in great shape,” Martin said. “I’m pleased with the work we are doing with the team.
“We worked extremely well at Silverstone, and I hope to continue on the same path.
“It will be great to ride my Aprilia at MotorLand for the first time.”
That puts a premium on quickly establishing a working set-up on Friday, particularly when the man chasing him already possesses an extraordinary bank of MotorLand knowledge.
Bezzecchi battling on through injury
Marco Bezzecchi remains Martin’s closest championship challenger after taking third in both races at Silverstone, impressive results given he was still suffering the effects of injuries sustained at Sachsenring.
There is, however, another physical question mark hanging over the Italian heading into Aragón.
Bezzecchi revealed that the exertion required at Silverstone caused a slight setback in his recovery, and the timing is less than ideal.
From Aragón onwards MotoGP enters a relentless closing phase, with little recovery time between rounds as the championship accelerates towards Valencia.
“It will definitely be a demanding weekend because, after Silverstone, I had a slight setback caused by the efforts of the weekend,” Bezzecchi admitted.
“In any case, I’m extremely happy to be headed to Aragón: it’s a track that I like a lot, and I can’t wait to get on the bike.”
For the rider sitting second in the championship, managing that physical condition while continuing to score heavily could become increasingly important through the final ten rounds.
Ogura forced to surrender ground in title race
Few riders have enhanced their reputation more during 2026 than Ai Ogura.
The Trackhouse rider has risen to third in the MotoGP World Championship through a combination of outright speed and consistency, including his breakthrough Grand Prix victory in the Netherlands and a run of three consecutive Sunday podiums before Silverstone.
He was again second in the Sprint at the British GP before crashing out on Sunday, but still left Silverstone only 37 points behind Martin and very much part of the championship conversation.
His Aragón absence therefore carries considerably greater consequences than simply missing another race.
Ogura sits only three points ahead of Marc Marquez, four ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio and 19 ahead of team-mate Raul Fernandez. With 37 points available across the Sprint and Grand Prix, his rivals now have an uncontested opportunity to make major inroads.
Even before his injury, Aragón was going to be an unusual challenge for Ogura. He had never raced a MotoGP machine at MotorLand after injury also forced him to miss the 2025 edition.
Instead, another injury has removed him completely from Round 13.
The timing could hardly be worse. The championship is about to enter its most intense phase and Ogura will now be hoping surgery and rehabilitation allow him to return quickly enough to prevent one missed weekend becoming a lasting championship setback.
Lorenzo Savadori will step across from his Aprilia testing duties to replace Ogura at Trackhouse.
Aprilia loses one weapon but still arrives in force
Ogura’s absence takes some of the shine off what had been an extraordinary championship position for Aprilia.
After Silverstone, Aprilia riders occupied first, second and third in the World Championship through Martin, Bezzecchi and Ogura, while Raul Fernandez had moved to sixth after winning the British Grand Prix.
Three of those four riders remain genuine threats at Aragón.
Martin leads the championship, Bezzecchi is his closest pursuer and Fernandez arrives as MotoGP’s most recent Grand Prix winner.
Fernandez was untouchable at Silverstone, leading Sunday’s British Grand Prix from start to finish to claim the second premier-class victory of his career.
He also has plenty of Aragón pedigree, including victory there in Junior Moto3, Moto3 podiums and a dominant Moto2 win.
MotorLand is another home race of sorts for the Madrid-born Fernandez, and its predominance of left-hand corners also suits his riding style.
He nevertheless cautions that MotorLand may not play as naturally to the Aprilia’s strengths as Silverstone did.
“We know it’s not the best track for Aprilia,” Fernandez said. “The key is to prepare well the back straight, the main straight and be confident with the front part of the bike.”
That makes Aragón an intriguing test of just how complete the RS-GP26 package has become.
Silverstone demonstrated Aprilia’s outright strength. MotorLand will ask substantially different questions, and this time the Noale marque enters the fight without the rider who had climbed to third in the World Championship.
Di Giannantonio remains right in the hunt
Perhaps the quietest member of the championship battle is Fabio Di Giannantonio.
The VR46 Ducati rider is only 41 points from Martin despite going six Sunday Grands Prix without a podium.
Ogura’s absence gives the Italian another opportunity. Di Giannantonio begins Aragón only a single point behind Marc Marquez and four behind Ogura, so another strong weekend could produce substantial movement in the championship order.
Di Giannantonio also arrives with useful data from the test following last year’s Aragón GP, where changes found by his crew helped turn his season around.
“Last year, we struggled a little here during the weekend, but on the test day we managed to find something that helped turn our season around,” Di Giannantonio said.
“So this year we’ll have additional data that can help us be even more competitive.”
Team-mate Franco Morbidelli has been gradually rediscovering confidence and also boasts serious MotorLand form.
Morbidelli won the MotoGP race at Aragón in 2020, along with a Moto2 victory there in 2017, and came close to the premier-class podium again last season.
Ducati supporting cast could shape title battle
Alex Marquez may be too far back to realistically consider himself part of the championship fight, but the Gresini rider could still have a major influence on it.
He finished second to brother Marc in both the Sprint and Grand Prix at Aragón last year and was again one of Ducati’s strongest performers at Silverstone with fourth place in both races.
Francesco Bagnaia will meanwhile be looking for a significant rebound after a difficult British GP.
Aragón has previously been a happy hunting ground for the Italian, including that memorable 2021 victory after a race-long duel with Marc Marquez, while Bagnaia was again on the MotorLand podium last season.
Fermín Aldeguer also returns to action with his future now settled.
The 2025 MotoGP Rookie of the Year has missed the past three rounds, but heads to MotorLand following confirmation that he will join the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.
The move will also elevate Aldeguer’s status within Ducati. He will become an official Ducati Corse rider and receive a factory-specification Desmosedici GP as MotoGP enters its new technical era in 2027.
Still only 21, Aldeguer already has a premier-class victory to his name from Indonesia during his rookie campaign and sits 11th in the 2026 standings despite his recent absence.
With Aprilia regularly able to place several riders near the front, Ducati may need its supporting cast to do more than simply chase their own results.
Where Alex Marquez, Bagnaia and Aldeguer slot into the order could have a direct bearing on how many points Martin, Bezzecchi and Marc Marquez take away from Aragón.
Acosta another home threat
Pedro Acosta continues to squeeze everything possible from the KTM RC16 and returns to home soil after finishing fourth at MotorLand last season.
The Spaniard has repeatedly shown podium pace during 2026 and shapes as another rider capable of inserting himself into the championship battle at Aragón.
Fernandez himself names Acosta alongside Martin and Marquez as one of the riders he expects to be particularly competitive at MotorLand.
Brad Binder arrives with consecutive Sunday top-ten finishes for the first time this season, while Enea Bastianini will be looking to rebound from his Silverstone DNF at the same venue where he won in 2022.
Bastianini also arrives with his future now settled after confirmation that he will leave Tech3 to join Raul Fernandez at Trackhouse from 2027.
Maverick Viñales remains sidelined while recovering from injury, meaning KTM test rider Pol Espargaro will again partner Bastianini at Tech3.
Espargaro returned to competition at Silverstone and finished 13th on Sunday. Tech3 remains hopeful Viñales will be able to return at Misano next month.
Marini begins Honda farewell run
Luca Marini heads Honda’s charge sitting tenth in the championship and with the distinction of being the only rider to have scored points in every Sunday Grand Prix this season.
There is now another dimension to Marini’s final ten races of the year, with confirmation this week that Luca Marini will leave Honda HRC to join Tech3 KTM for the 2027 MotoGP season.
The move will bring his three-year stint with Honda to an end and place him with KTM as MotoGP enters the new 850 cc technical era next season.
For now, however, Marini’s focus remains on extracting more from the increasingly competitive RC213V.
He believes Honda’s outright race pace is now better than some results suggest, but qualifying remains an area where improvement could make Sundays significantly easier.
“Our consistency has been very good and we need to work to find a bit more pace earlier in the weekend to make our life on Saturday and Sunday afternoon a bit easier,” Marini said.
“When you look at our speed, we have the potential to be up closer to the front guys, but we are having to fight too much at the start.”
Aragón will also be Marini’s first appearance at MotorLand since 2024 after injury forced him to miss last year’s race.
Team-mate Joan Mir faces almost the opposite problem.
The former World Champion has shown flashes of speed throughout 2026 but has eight non-finishes against his name.
MotorLand is nevertheless one of Mir’s preferred circuits. He has three premier-class podiums there across 2020 and 2021 and finished seventh last season, giving Honda reason to hope he can turn pace into points on home soil.
Johann Zarco is also due to attempt a return with LCR Honda after recovering from ligament damage to his left knee sustained at Catalunya.
The Frenchman has accelerated his rehabilitation with supermoto and Honda CBR1000RR riding but must pass the mandatory medical examination at MotorLand before being cleared to race.
Miller keen to put Yamaha progress to the test
Prima Pramac Yamaha arrives at MotorLand treating Aragón as the first step in the final ten-race development push for the YZR-M1.
Yamaha and Pramac continued working through the latest break, with the project making progress in both chassis and electronics development.
Team Director Gino Borsoi believes some of the characteristics of the M1 could work well at Aragón, while further important upgrades are also expected during the remaining rounds.
“We have seen significant progress in both the chassis and electronics areas throughout the season,” Borsoi said.
“We are also waiting for some important upgrades that will arrive soon.”
Jack Miller is particularly interested to discover whether Yamaha’s latest work can unlock another step.
“I’m looking forward to getting back to Aragón after another little break,” Miller said.
“It’ll be good to see what the upgrades bring and whether we can find another little step with the bike.
“Aragón is a track I really like and I’ve had some good results here in the past, so hopefully we can make the most of that.”
MotorLand is indeed a venue where Miller has useful MotoGP form. The Australian qualified on the front row and finished fifth there in 2022.
While the 968-metre back straight will test Yamaha’s outright performance, Miller points to the rest of MotorLand as a flowing layout with a good mixture of corners that he hopes will play more to the strengths of the developing M1.
Toprak Razgatlioglu arrives with even greater familiarity with Aragón after extensive WorldSBK experience, including victory at the circuit, along with MotoGP testing there.
That knowledge is not necessarily all upside, however.
Razgatlioglu acknowledges that a MotoGP machine requires different references and a continuing adaptation of the riding style that proved so successful for him on a Superbike.
“I like this track and I have good memories here, especially after winning with the Superbike last time,” Razgatlioglu said.
“But with the MotoGP bike it will be another difficult weekend.”
For Pramac and Yamaha, Aragón is therefore about more than simply the finishing positions on Sunday.
With chassis and electronics work progressing and further upgrades in the pipeline, the remaining ten Grands Prix offer a critical opportunity to demonstrate that the project is beginning to close the gap.
A championship weekend with consequences before it starts
After two weekends away from competition, Aragón begins the serious run towards Valencia with the championship equation already altered.
Martin holds a 31-point advantage and arrives carrying the confidence of his Silverstone performance, but Marquez returns to one of his strongest venues and Bezzecchi continues to battle through injury.
Ogura, however, is the rider who stands to lose most this weekend.
Third in the championship and only 37 points from the lead, the Japanese rider will score nothing while every one of his closest rivals has the opportunity to cash in.
Marquez and Di Giannantonio could both move ahead of him with only modest points hauls, while Fernandez has the chance to close rapidly on his injured Trackhouse team-mate after arriving at Aragón as the most recent MotoGP winner.
Add Acosta’s potential, Ducati’s considerable supporting cast, Yamaha’s continuing development push and a MotorLand circuit likely to reshuffle the competitive order, and Round 13 could leave the 2026 MotoGP title race looking markedly different by Sunday afternoon.
2026 MotoGP Championship Standings
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Pos
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Rider |
Points
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1
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J. Martin
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240
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2
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M. Bezzecchi
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209
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3
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A. Ogura
|
203
|
|
4
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M. Marquez
|
200
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|
5
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F. Di Giannantonio
|
199
|
|
6
|
R. Fernandez
|
184
|
|
7
|
P. Acosta
|
163
|
|
8
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F. Bagnaia
|
143
|
|
9
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A. Marquez
|
106
|
|
10
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L. Marini
|
86
|
|
11
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F. Aldeguer
|
76
|
|
12
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E. Bastianini
|
76
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13
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B. Binder
|
72
|
|
14
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F. Quartararo
|
55
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|
15
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D. Moreira
|
54
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16
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F. Morbidelli
|
53
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17
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J. Zarco
|
34
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18
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J. Mir
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29
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|
19
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J. Miller
|
23
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|
20
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A. Rins
|
21
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|
21
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T. Razgatlioglu
|
14
|
|
22
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M. Viñales
|
10
|
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23
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I. Lecuona
|
9
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24
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A. Fernandez
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6
|
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25
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P. Espargaro
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3
|
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26
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C. Crutchlow
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0
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27
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J. Folger
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0
|
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28
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M. Pirro
|
0
|
Moto2
Agius remains firmly in the championship hunt
The Moto2 World Championship heads to MotorLand Aragón with Manuel González still in command, but Silverstone demonstrated just how quickly even a healthy championship advantage can come under pressure.
González appeared on course to leave Britain with another victory before mistakenly celebrating one lap early. Subsequent contact and damage dropped the championship leader all the way to 14th, limiting him to just two points.
It was a costly mistake, but González still takes a useful advantage to Aragón.
For Australian followers, the important part of the equation remains Senna Agius.
Agius continues to hold third in the Moto2 World Championship despite Silverstone proving equally unrewarding for the young Australian. A technical problem saw him tumble down the order and eventually finish 20th, leaving his championship tally unchanged.
That result interrupted what had otherwise been an impressively consistent run from the 21-year-old.
Agius has regularly been among the leading group this season, including victory at Jerez and podium finishes in Hungary and Assen, where he crossed the line just two-tenths from victory after a three-way battle with David Alonso and team-mate González.
Aragón therefore presents an important opportunity to regain momentum immediately as Moto2 begins its sustained run towards Valencia.
Guevara closes as Ortolá joins the fight
Izan Guevara was one of the major beneficiaries of González’s Silverstone difficulties and remains second in the title chase.
That means Agius now has pressure coming from both directions.
Guevara is the immediate target ahead, while Iván Ortolá has closed to within striking distance behind the Australian. Dani Holgado is also close enough that one difficult weekend could produce substantial movement throughout the leading championship positions.
The increasingly compressed battle behind González means consistency will become increasingly valuable through the final part of the season.
Qualifying will again be particularly important at MotorLand, where the combination of heavy braking areas, elevation changes and the long back straight can make it difficult to escape a closely packed Moto2 battle.
MotoGP-bound Aspar duo still have business to finish
Two of the riders applying pressure immediately behind Agius will not even be in Moto2 next season.
Both Dani Holgado and David Alonso have now secured moves to MotoGP for 2027, meaning CFMOTO Aspar will lose its entire current Moto2 pairing at the end of the year. They may not be the only leading Moto2 riders making the jump, either, with Senna Agius widely linked to the second Tech3 KTM seat alongside Luca Marini and Izan Guevara strongly tipped to join Prima Pramac Yamaha, although neither move has yet been officially confirmed.
Holgado has been officially confirmed to graduate with Gresini Ducati, while Alonso has officially secured his future with Honda, but both remain firmly focused on extracting more from their final Moto2 campaign.
The departures have forced Jorge Martínez “Aspar” to completely rebuild his intermediate-class line-up for next season, with CFMOTO Aspar now confirming Celestino Vietti and Máximo Quiles as its all-new 2027 Moto2 pairing.
For now, however, Holgado and Alonso remain two very real factors in the 2026 championship fight.
Holgado wants more after Silverstone charge
Holgado arrives at MotorLand after producing one of his strongest Moto2 weekends of the season at Silverstone.
The Spaniard battled for victory deep into the closing stages before ultimately missing the podium and finishing fourth, but the performance again demonstrated how close he is to the leading championship group.
Aragón also carries good memories for Holgado. It was at MotorLand that he secured his first World Championship podium in 2021, and another home Grand Prix provides additional motivation as he attempts to finish his Moto2 career on a high before stepping up to MotoGP.
“The last race at Silverstone went very well for us and I’m very pleased with the work we’ve done,” Holgado said.
“I want more: we’re in a great place right now because I can see that the work we’re putting in is paying off.”
With the riders immediately ahead of him tightly grouped, another performance at the level he showed in Britain could have a significant impact on the championship order.
Alonso chasing an Aragón turnaround
David Alonso arrives at MotorLand requiring a response after a much more difficult British Grand Prix.
The Colombian struggled throughout the Silverstone weekend to find the riding feel he needed and ultimately finished outside the points.
That was a sharp contrast to the speed Alonso has shown elsewhere during 2026, including his Assen victory, and he remains sixth in the championship despite the British setback.
MotorLand is also one of the relatively few circuits where Alonso has yet to stand on a Grand Prix podium.
He came close with fourth place in 2024 and will target a much stronger start to the weekend this time around.
“We’re arriving in Aragón well prepared to push hard right from the first lap,” Alonso said.
“The weekend at Silverstone was a tough one for us, but we’ve learnt our lesson from situations like that.
“The aim will be to have a good base and work on that set-up so we don’t complicate things more than necessary and can be competitive again.”
Aspar already preparing the next generation
While Holgado and Alonso attempt to maximise their final season with Aspar, the team already knows exactly who will take over in 2027.
Experienced Moto2 race winner Celestino Vietti will provide one side of the new pairing, while runaway Moto3 championship leader Máximo Quiles will graduate into the intermediate category.
Quiles’ immediate concern is simply getting back on a motorcycle.
The 18-year-old missed Silverstone after fracturing his right collarbone in qualifying and undergoing surgery that same weekend. He is aiming to return at Aragón and must pass a Thursday medical examination before being cleared to race.
Despite missing the British GP, Quiles still leads the Moto3 World Championship by 85 points.
His promotion also continues Aspar’s established development pathway, with the squad effectively replacing two riders it has helped send to MotoGP with another of its leading young prospects.
That changing of the guard can wait until 2027, though. For Holgado and Alonso there remains plenty still to play for in Moto2.
Pressure building behind González
González remains the rider everyone is chasing, but the group immediately behind him is becoming increasingly crowded.
Guevara continues to close, Agius remains firmly entrenched in the championship battle, Ortolá is applying pressure to the Australian and both Holgado and Alonso retain enough speed to influence the fight substantially over the remaining rounds.
For Agius, Silverstone was a weekend to forget rather than a championship disaster.
A strong response at MotorLand would keep the Australian firmly in the title contest before Moto2 enters the rapid-fire closing phase of the 2026 season.
Moto2 Championship Standings
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POS
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RIDER
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POINTS
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1
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M. Gonzalez
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197.5
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2
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I. Guevara
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155
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3
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S. Agius
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136
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4
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I. Ortola
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133.5
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5
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D. Holgado
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128
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6
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D. Alonso
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116
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7
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C. Vietti
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112
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8
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F. Salac
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108
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9
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A. Lopez
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67.5
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10
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C. Veijer
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55.5
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11
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D. Muñoz
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54
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12
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A. Escrig
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50
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13
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T. Arbolino
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42.5
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14
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J. Roberts
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36
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15
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B. Baltus
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35
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16
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J. Rueda
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27
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17
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A. Huertas
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26
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18
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D. Öncü
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23.5
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19
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L. Lunetta
|
17
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20
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A. Sasaki
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16
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21
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A. Ferrandez
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15.5
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22
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T. Furusato
|
15
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23
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A. Canet
|
13.5
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24
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Z. Vd Goorbergh
|
12
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25
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S. Garcia
|
11
|
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26
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A. Piqueras
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4
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27
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M. Aji
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3
|
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28
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M. Ramirez
|
0
|
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29
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U. Orradre
|
0
|
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30
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J. Navarro
|
0
|
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31
|
X. Zurutuza
|
0
|
|
32
|
D. Foggia
|
0
|
|
33
|
J. Roulstone
|
0
|
|
34
|
M. Pawelec
|
0
|
Moto3
Quiles returns with his huge advantage cut
Moto3 championship leader Maximo Quiles heads to MotorLand Aragón in unusual circumstances after his dominant season was interrupted by injury at Silverstone.
Quiles crashed during qualifying for the British Grand Prix and fractured his right collarbone, ruling him out of Sunday’s race. He subsequently underwent surgery in Madrid and has spent the intervening weeks recovering ahead of his home Grand Prix.
The injury marked the first major interruption to what had been an extraordinary 2026 campaign.
Quiles had accumulated such a substantial championship advantage during the opening half of the season that even a non-start at Silverstone left him comfortably in command, but his absence finally gave his rivals the opportunity to make meaningful ground.
Aragón is expected to mark his return to competition, although his physical condition will inevitably be one of the major talking points of the weekend.
Carpe and Almansa capitalise
Alvaro Carpe emerged from Silverstone as Quiles’ closest championship challenger after taking second place in Britain.
The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider has made consistency one of his greatest strengths during 2026 and now has an opportunity to apply at least some pressure to a championship leader who had previously looked almost untouchable.
David Almansa went one better at Silverstone.
The LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP rider took control of a typically hectic Moto3 contest to claim victory, beating Carpe and Valentin Perrone to the line and climbing to third in the World Championship.
That Silverstone result cut Quiles’ championship advantage to 85 points over Carpe. Still enormous, certainly, but considerably less intimidating than the 104-point buffer the Spaniard held before the British GP.
Uriarte still close enough to join the chase
Brian Uriarte is another rider who has regularly featured near the sharp end in 2026.
The Red Bull KTM Ajo youngster won a tremendous head-to-head battle with Quiles at Sachsenring but lost an opportunity for another strong points haul when he crashed from the podium fight on the final lap at Silverstone.
Uriarte nevertheless remains fourth in the championship and close enough to Carpe and Almansa for those positions to change rapidly.
Marco Morelli, Veda Pratama and Valentin Perrone complete the next group in the standings, with Perrone arriving in Aragón fresh from his Silverstone podium.
Kelso looking for more
Joel Kelso remains Australia’s representative in the Moto3 field and comes to Aragón after heading the second group home at Silverstone in sixth place.
The Australian has shown flashes of front-running speed during the season but has struggled to consistently convert that pace into the major results required to climb towards the leading championship positions.
MotorLand’s long back straight should again encourage the slipstream battles that are a hallmark of Moto3, while the circuit’s mix of heavy braking, elevation changes and numerous left-hand corners provides plenty of overtaking opportunities.
The principal question, however, surrounds Quiles.
The championship leader built such an extraordinary cushion during the first half of the year that even missing Silverstone left him 85 points clear. But after surgery on his collarbone and several weeks away from competition, Aragón will provide the first indication of whether the injury has merely interrupted his march towards the title or opened the door, however slightly, for Carpe, Almansa and the chasing pack.
Moto3 Championship Standings
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Pos
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Rider
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Points |
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1
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M. Quiles
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231
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2
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A. Carpe
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146
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3
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D. Almansa
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134
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4
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B. Uriarte
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127
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5
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M. Morelli
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115
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6
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V. Pratama
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97
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7
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V. Perrone
|
95
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8
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H. Danish
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86
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9
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M. Bertelle
|
66
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10
|
R. Salmela
|
60
|
|
11
|
J. Esteban
|
59
|
|
12
|
G. Pini
|
52
|
|
13
|
D. Muñoz
|
52
|
|
14
|
A. Fernandez
|
51
|
|
15
|
E. O’Shea
|
50
|
|
16
|
J. Kelso
|
50
|
|
17
|
J. Rios
|
49
|
|
18
|
A. Cruces
|
46
|
|
19
|
C. O’Gorman
|
44
|
|
20
|
S. Ogden
|
27
|
|
21
|
R. Yamanaka
|
22
|
|
22
|
M. Uriarte
|
6
|
|
23
|
C. Buchanan
|
5
|
|
24
|
L. Rammerstorfer
|
4
|
|
25
|
D. Gonzalez
|
2
|
|
26
|
Z. Mitani
|
2
|
|
27
|
R. Moodley
|
1
|
|
28
|
K. Singhapong
|
1
|
|
29
|
N. Carraro
|
0
|
|
30
|
L. Abruzzo
|
0
|
|
31
|
E. Gutierrez
|
0
|
2026 MotoGP Calendar
|
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|
Rnd
|
Date
|
Event
|
Circuit
|
| 1 |
01 Mar
|
Thai
|
Chang International Circuit
|
| 2 |
22 Mar
|
Brazil*
|
Autodromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
|
| 3 |
29 Mar
|
US
|
Circuit of the Americas
|
| 4 |
26 Apr
|
Spain**
|
Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto
|
| 5 |
10 May
|
France
|
Le Mans
|
| 6 |
17 May
|
Catalonia
|
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
|
| 7 |
31 May
|
Italy
|
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
|
| 8 |
07 Jun
|
Hungary
|
Balaton Park Circuit
|
| 9 |
21 Jun
|
Czech
|
Automotodrom Brno
|
| 10 |
28 Jun
|
Netherlands
|
TT Circuit Assen
|
| 11 |
12 Jul
|
Germany
|
Sachsenring
|
| 12 |
09 Aug
|
GB
|
Silverstone Circuit
|
| 13 |
30 Aug
|
Aragon
|
MotorLand Aragon
|
| 14 |
13 Sep
|
San Marino
|
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
|
| 15 |
20 Sep
|
Austria
|
Red Bull Ring-Spielberg
|
| 16 |
04 Oct
|
Japan
|
Mobility Resort Motegi
|
| 17 |
11 Oct
|
Indonesia
|
Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit
|
| 18 |
25 Oct
|
Australia
|
Phillip Island
|
| 19 |
01 Nov
|
Malaysia
|
Petronas Sepang International Circuit
|
| 20 |
08 Nov
|
Qatar
|
Lusail International Circuit
|
| 21 |
22 Nov
|
Portugal
|
Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
|
| 22 |
29 Nov
|
Valencia
|
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
|
