Comprehensive 2026 MotoGP Calendar Unveiled: From Thailand Opener to Valencia Finale
MotoGP’s 2026 world championship will feature 22 Grands Prix across five continents, beginning in Thailand and concluding in Valencia after a global season of premier motorcycle racing
The 2026 MotoGP World Championship calendar has been officially announced, laying out a full season of twenty-two Grands Prix that will take competitors from Asia through the Americas and Europe before ending in Spain at the famed Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.
The championship opens in Southeast Asia with the Thailand Grand Prix at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram from February twenty-seven to March one, underlining the sport’s continued emphasis on dynamic global venues as the first round of the campaign.
Following the season opener, MotoGP returns to Brazil for the Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna in Goiânia in March, marking the return of the sport to South America after a lengthy absence, before moving to the United States for the Grand Prix of the Americas at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin.
April sees the championship’s Middle Eastern stop at Lusail in Qatar, followed by the start of the European leg in Spain at Jerez and then two of the sport’s most historic stages at Le Mans in France and Barcelona-Catalunya.
The calendar continues through traditional European strongholds at Mugello in Italy and Balaton Park in Hungary, then on to Brno in Czechia and the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands, offering a mix of heritage and contemporary racing landscapes through the summer months.
July and August bring a return to Central Europe with the Sachsenring in Germany and the Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain, before back-to-back Spanish rounds at Aragon and then the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli for San Marino.
Following that, the Red Bull Ring in Austria hosts its round, after which the championship moves beyond Europe to Asia and Oceania, with races at Mobility Resort Motegi in Japan, Mandalika in Indonesia, and Phillip Island in Australia throughout October.
The penultimate race takes place at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia at the end of October and the Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimão in mid-November, setting the stage for the season-closing encounter at the Valencia Grand Prix from November twenty-twenty-two.
Across the season, the championship spans five continents, blends established and returning venues, and continues the tradition of championship racing that has defined MotoGP as the pinnacle of motorcycle grand prix competition.
The championship opens in Southeast Asia with the Thailand Grand Prix at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram from February twenty-seven to March one, underlining the sport’s continued emphasis on dynamic global venues as the first round of the campaign.
Following the season opener, MotoGP returns to Brazil for the Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna in Goiânia in March, marking the return of the sport to South America after a lengthy absence, before moving to the United States for the Grand Prix of the Americas at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin.
April sees the championship’s Middle Eastern stop at Lusail in Qatar, followed by the start of the European leg in Spain at Jerez and then two of the sport’s most historic stages at Le Mans in France and Barcelona-Catalunya.
The calendar continues through traditional European strongholds at Mugello in Italy and Balaton Park in Hungary, then on to Brno in Czechia and the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands, offering a mix of heritage and contemporary racing landscapes through the summer months.
July and August bring a return to Central Europe with the Sachsenring in Germany and the Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain, before back-to-back Spanish rounds at Aragon and then the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli for San Marino.
Following that, the Red Bull Ring in Austria hosts its round, after which the championship moves beyond Europe to Asia and Oceania, with races at Mobility Resort Motegi in Japan, Mandalika in Indonesia, and Phillip Island in Australia throughout October.
The penultimate race takes place at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia at the end of October and the Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimão in mid-November, setting the stage for the season-closing encounter at the Valencia Grand Prix from November twenty-twenty-two.
Across the season, the championship spans five continents, blends established and returning venues, and continues the tradition of championship racing that has defined MotoGP as the pinnacle of motorcycle grand prix competition.
