{"id":452551,"date":"2026-05-30T10:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/452551\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T10:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:32:09","slug":"jorge-martin-breaks-all-time-motogp-top-speed-record-at-mugello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/452551\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Martin breaks all-time MotoGP top speed record at Mugello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday at the Italian MotoGP began with a bang as Jorge Martin broke the all-time official MotoGP top speed record during the opening minutes of final practice.<\/p>\n<p>The factory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/aprilia-racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aprilia <\/a>rider was clocked at 368.6km\/h (229.0mph) along MotoGP\u2019s fastest straight.<\/p>\n<p>That beat the previous official record of 366.1km\/h (227.5mph), set by Brad Binder at Mugello in 2023, then matched by fellow KTM rider Pol Espargaro the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Underlining Aprilia\u2019s straight-line performance, Trackhouse rider Ai Ogura also matched the old 366.1km\/h benchmark on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1317576_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP. \" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian 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>\u201cOne of the targets we had\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor sure it\u2019s one of the targets we had!\u201d Aprilia technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini told MotoGP pit lane reporter Jack Appleyard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to reach the highest speed ever, and thanks to everyone in the company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a combination of engine and aerodynamics working in synergy, plus the exit from the final corner with the electronics.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1317631_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP. \" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens for the rest of the weekend, because with a slipstream in the races it\u2019s possible to go another 2km\/h faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Top speed records this weekend are set to last, since it is the final appearance for 1000cc machines at Mugello before smaller 850cc powerplants are introduced &#8211; to reduce performance &#8211; in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday at the Italian MotoGP began with a bang as Jorge Martin broke the all-time official MotoGP top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[230241,151551,230240,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-452551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ai-ogura","tag-aprilia","tag-jorge-martin","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}