{"id":349582,"date":"2025-12-15T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349582\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:14:11","slug":"motogp-2026-every-teams-launch-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349582\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP 2026: Every team\u2019s launch date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 MotoGP season will see its first track action at the beginning of February with the first of two pre-season tests this winter.<\/p>\n<p>The season itself will begin on 27 February to 1 March with the Thai Grand Prix, which will be round one of 22 in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2026 season fast approaching, teams have already started putting their launch dates in the diary.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full list of when and where each of the 11 MotoGP teams will hold their 2026 season launches.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gng_1287119_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Fabio Di Giannantonio, VR46 Ducati, 2025 Valencia test\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Fabio Di Giannantonio, VR46 Ducati, 2025 Valencia test<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati<\/p>\n<p>14 January &#8211; Rome<\/p>\n<p>Valentino Rossi&#8217;s MotoGP team will enter its fifth season in the premier class in 2026, and will do so with a line-up of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Continuing to run a factory-spec bike for Di Giannantonio and year-old machinery for Morbidelli, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/pertamina-enduro-vr46-racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VR46<\/a> will be hoping to build on its haul of six podiums scored in the 2025 season. It will also be looking to end a victory drought dating back to the 2023 Indian Grand Prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>VR46 will hold its 2026 season launch event on 14 January in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765804449_35_gng_1287084_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Toprak Razgatlioglu, Pramac Yamaha, 2025 Valencia test\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Toprak Razgatlioglu, Pramac Yamaha, 2025 Valencia test<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Prima Pramac Racing Yamaha<\/p>\n<p>13 January &#8211; Accademia Musicale Della Chigiana, Italy<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/prima-pramac-yamaha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pramac Yamaha<\/a> squad is currently slated to be the first team on the MotoGP grid to hold its launch event in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite Yamaha outfit will unveil its colours for the new season on 13 January in Siena, which will mark three-time World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu\u2019s first official event as a MotoGP rider in team colours.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish superstar, who will partner Jack Miller in 2026, made his public test debut in November in Valencia, but did so on a completely bare M1 due to his contractual obligations to BMW.<\/p>\n<p>Pramac will also unveil its Moto2 team colours at the event.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765804449_731_gng_1287068_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia Factory Racing, 2025 Valencia test\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia Factory Racing, 2025 Valencia test<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>  Aprilia Racing<\/p>\n<p>15 January &#8211; Milan<\/p>\n<p>The factory Aprilia squad will hold its season launch in Milan at the Sky studios on 15 January.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian manufacturer comes into 2026 with ambitions of fighting for the world championship, after enjoying its best season ever in the premier class, as it scored four wins and runner-up spot in the constructors&#8217; standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765804450_309_gng_1279917_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Nicolo Bulega, Ducati Corse, 2025 Portuguese MotoGP\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Nicolo Bulega, Ducati Corse, 2025 Portuguese MotoGP<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Ducati Lenovo Team<\/p>\n<p>19 January &#8211; Madonna di Campiglio, Italy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/ducati-lenovo-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ducati<\/a>\u2019s now traditional pre-season launch event will take place on 19 January in Italy at the Madonna di Campiglio ski resort.<\/p>\n<p>The multi-day event not only sees Ducati unveil the colours of its bikes for the new season, but also brings its riders and the media together for skiing activities.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia will once again present the new colours for Ducati\u2019s factory team for the 2026 season, as it looks to see out the 1000cc era with another world title following the former\u2019s triumph in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gng_1285817_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati, 2025 Valencia MotoGP\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati, 2025 Valencia MotoGP<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Gresini Racing Ducati<\/p>\n<p>31 January &#8211; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/gresini-racing-motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gresini Ducati <\/a>squad will pull the wraps off its 2026 livery during an event in Kuala Lumpur on the eve of the first pre-season test.<\/p>\n<p>The team, who will field 2025 championship runner-up Alex Marquez and 2025\u2019s rookie of the year Fermin Alddeguer again, will hold its launch event on 31 January in the Malaysian capital.<\/p>\n<p>This article will be updated with more team launch dates when available<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 MotoGP season will see its first track action at the beginning of February with the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[10669,64,63,8456,8455,9400,15613,10671,806,805,803,804,15119,7188,10670,26895,85,113427],"class_list":["post-349582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aprilia-racing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati-lenovo-team","tag-gresini-racing-motogp","tag-honda-hrc","tag-lcr-honda","tag-monster-energy-yamaha-motogp","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-pertamina-enduro-vr46-racing","tag-prima-pramac-yamaha","tag-red-bull-ktm-factory-racing","tag-red-bull-ktm-tech3","tag-sports","tag-trackhouse-motogp-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}