r/motogp • • 1d ago

Malaysian GP 2026 Malaysian GP: MotoGP, Moto2 & Moto3 Weekend Predictions & Pre-Event Press Conference Discussion

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Welcome to the 2026 Malaysian GP: MotoGP, Moto2 & Moto3 Weekend Predictions & Pre-Event Press Conference Discussion Thread!
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r/motogp • • 4h ago

There is high possibility of rain in Sepang this weekend.

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r/motogp • • 17h ago

Handlebar setups of Ducati and Aprilia.

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r/motogp • • 4h ago

Should LM cancel Qatar and redo Phillip Island?

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Can this happen? Riders have a union scheduled ahead of the Malaysian GP. Could the fans pressure them into doing so?


r/motogp • • 14h ago

Did anyone actually notice Alex’s funny start?😅

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I’ve just watched the Q2 and the sprint race from PI again, and had to make a GIF of this funny moment.😅


r/motogp • • 7h ago

Yamaha's 2027 850cc MotoGP bike is “like swapping brands”

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r/motogp • • 18h ago

Jorge Martin is determined to at least try to race in Sepang.

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285 Upvotes

r/motogp • • 15h ago

A decade later, Marc still leads the championship after 18 rounds (debate of the aliens vs riders to?)

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r/motogp • • 17h ago

toprakrazgatlioglu7: "Sometimes unexpected things can happen. I'm going through a difficult time because for the first time in my racing career, I had to end the season early."

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Sometimes unexpected things can happen. I'm going through a difficult time because for the first time in my racing career, I had to end the season early. Watching the races on television is a very strange feeling. I had shoulder surgery to be able to come back stronger and I've already started training. I hope we'll be back on the motorcycle as soon as possible.

Many thanks to Yamaha family My team and the doctor Minola

I would also like to thank all of you who supported me and didn't leave me alone with your good wishes.

https://www.instagram.com/p/De_i_4MjdMG/


r/motogp • • 11h ago

Some of my pics i took @ the Red Bull Ring, Austria

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r/motogp • • 10h ago

Adelaide gets the green light 🚦

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Haven’t seen this shared here yet so I figured I’d share it. Seems like it’s just a race against the clock at this point. They’ve got a roughly a year to get it built.


r/motogp • • 22m ago

Phillip Island Sunday - what really happened (the first real report)

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The first real report of what happened on Sunday.


r/motogp • • 11h ago

Who would you say is better Ogura or Acosta in 2026 season

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As they stand almost tied on points who would you say is better in this season. Ogura missed more races but hes been super consistent. Lets not talk about the bike but the job rider is doing.


r/motogp • • 1d ago

A couple shots from the farewell lap at Phillip Island

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r/motogp • • 1d ago

So Martin is basically the fastest or 2nd fastest rider in the past 4 years?

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  • 2023: took title fight to last round. finished runner-up.
  • 2024: took title fight to last round and won.
  • 2025: no data due to injury.
  • 2026: taking title fight to deep late stages of the calendar. likely will finish runner-up.

Guy's the real deal but apparently Yamaha is not paying much for him? (less than zarco, acosta, quatararo and marquez)


r/motogp • • 1d ago

The best race I could see!

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And for you? for me, the best career I saw for overpasses and entertainment is Assen in 2018.


r/motogp • • 1d ago

MotoGP riders have now sent private letters to teams after making final Qatar decision

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r/motogp • • 1d ago

Where does Alex Marquez rank amongst the best Gresini riders ever?

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4 GP Wins
4 Sprint Wins
15 Podiums


r/motogp • • 17h ago

Portimão Gp 2026

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Hey guys, i go to a moto gp event every year last year was brno and it was amazing. This year I have chosen a winter break. Portugal...im just wondering what peoples experiences are with this track? We have a 3 day ticket (grandstand) and we are staying close to the beach. We arent driving we will be depending on shuttle buses or public transport

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!


r/motogp • • 1d ago

Philip Island Weekend - Fan POV

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Looking back grateful to be apart of this event even with the disappointing Sunday also I was lucky my mate took my bike with him a few days before I flew there because I wouldn't of made it if I drove to the circuit

This was my first gp I seen in person and I think I've developed a ritual from now I will attend at least one every year


r/motogp • • 1d ago

Martin in Malaysia. I think he will use braces and others to be declared fit to race in Sepang. Just like Marc did in 2020 after jerez craah

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r/motogp • • 1d ago

Hodgson explains Martin Crash

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r/motogp • • 1d ago

Since the MotoGP calendar expanded to 18+ rounds, 2026 has the third-closest title fight in terms of points, behind only 2015 and 2013.

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r/motogp • • 16h ago

Grand Prix of Malaysia 2026 M&G Session

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Anyone here from 🇲🇾 and live in Kuala Lumpur? There's a M&G event tomorrow at Central Market


r/motogp • • 1d ago

HOW THE PLAN THAT MARTÍN WILL FOLLOW TO TRY TO RUN IN SEPANG HAS BEEN DESIGNED

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Jorge Martín has four days to deal with the fracture in the right radius that was made on Saturday, in Phillip Island, before trying to get on the bike on Friday, in Sepang. Aitor Tomás is the physiotherapist who accompanies him, and has detailed to Motorsport.com the recovery plan that will be applied to him.

If measuring Marc Márquez in a closed pulse for the MotoGP title is already a challenge, Martín has become even more complicated after the fall last Saturday, during the short test of the Australian Grand Prix, and while he was short-circuited precisely with the current champion in an explosive duel that lasted for eight and a half laps.

In the fall, the somersaults that Martín gave on the ground caused a fracture in the part of the radius most attached to the hand. At first, many thought that their chances of fighting for the World Championship had died in Phillip Island's turn 8.However, a couple of events that precipitated in the hours following the accident cast a ray of hope.
First of all, the CT scan that was performed at a clinic in Melbourne on the same Saturday night ruled out the first suspicions of the doctors who treated him on the circuit, and that pointed to a possible second fracture in the ulna of that same right arm.The test also showed, in addition, that the radio did not show displacement, a circumstance that would have forced him to return to Spain, to go through the operating room.

The second 'ally' of #89 was the bad weather that prevented the celebration of the long race in Phillip Island. The cancellation of the event, in which he was no longer going to participate when he was declared unfit by the medical services of the championship, prevented Márquez from eventually increasing his income at the top of the general table, which after his triumph in the sprint is now ten points over Martín, and 50 points over Marco Bezzecchi, the third.

The two things, combined, invite the 2024 world champion to do everything possible to run next weekend, in Malaysia, to hurry the last cartridges that he has at his fingertips in order to continue opting to win his second crown in the heavy motorcycle category. The challenge is capital and will surely be painful, but the machinery to face it is already underway.

Crash plan

The key to everything is the recovery protocol of the injured area that Martín will face for the next four days and that has been defined by Aitor Tomás, the physiotherapist hired by the agency that represents him and Pedro Acosta and who travels with them to treat them during the grand prix. Martín took a flight from Melbourne in the early hours of Sunday to Monday, and is already in Kuala Lumpur.There you will be received by a trusted physiotherapist, with whom you have already worked in the past, and who will follow Tomás' instructions, who will land on Tuesday to focus on the patient's right arm.

What we will do is divide the process into two phases. The first will be focused on de-inflammation, and everything that bone injury entails. What we will seek is to recover mobility, strength and functionality. And we will achieve that with cryotherapy (ice) and massage," Tomás explains to Motorsport.com.
"And then, in the second part of the process, we will try to regenerate the bone as much as we can, so that it strengthens. We will do that with magnetotherapy," adds the recuperator.

"Then, if they let him get on the motorcycle, then we will apply another protocol different from the one we use with him under normal conditions. In that case we will focus on the wrist, to try to make it inflamed as little as possible, and pain control therapy," specifies Tomás, who leaves for later, depending on the sensations that Martín transmits when getting off the RS-GP, if he will be infiltrated with analgesics, or not.

The physiotherapist will also bandage the affected area with elastic tape, known as 'taping'. In addition, Alpinestars, the supplier of the gloves used by Aprilia, will modify the right one, to prevent the closure from bothering you.
The agenda that the Madrid native will follow from this Monday until Thursday will limit him to focusing his hours on recovering, receiving care, and resting.On Thursday at noon he will travel to the circuit, where the championship doctors, with Dr. Ángel Charte at the head, will be in charge of evaluating his physical condition, and letting him participate in the first free practice, on Friday. The most common thing in these cases is that another check-up is performed after that first training before authorizing him to be able to continue with the weekend routine.

No pressure to run

From Martín's environment, a conservative approach is maintained, in relation to the options he has to be able to run. Both for the fracture, and also for its location, given that the area of the right wrist supports a lot of load and stress on top of the motorcycle, since it is in charge of managing the throttle grip, the one that throws the hand to crack the front brake cam, and contributes decisively in holding the body when it tilts forward, in braking, and backwards, in accelerations. To all of the above we must add the heat and humidity of Sepang, which does not make things easier either.
Aprilia, for its part, wants its pilot to be able to compete in Malaysia, but from the offices of the Noale brand they insist on caution. "We will have to go day by day, see how Jorge is as the hours go by, and the days. We wrap him up, but we know that these types of situations are very complex," says a spokesman for the Italian team to the person who writes these lines.

No one needs to tell him what's at stake, because he knows it perfectly. That's why we don't pressure him at all. Whatever he decides, for us it will be the right thing to do. In these cases, health comes first," adds this authoritative voice.