2026 Moto GP Championship Betting Online
In 2025, Ducati’s Marc Marquez clinched his seventh MotoGP championship at the Japanese Grand Prix and his first since 2019 after he took an unassailable lead in the world championship with five rounds to spare.
Marquez needed to outscore his brother and title contender Alex of Gresini Racing by three or more points by the end, and finished second behind his teammate Francesco Bagnaia in Sunday’s race to clinch the title.
Honda’s Joan Mir was third, while Alex finished sixth, giving Marc a 201-point lead over his brother. Alex was the first to approach Marc and congratulate him, giving him a warm embrace when they came to a stop.
Marc had his head in his hands after he crossed the line, and when the magnitude of the accomplishment hit him, the Spaniard let out a scream.
Marquez then came to a stop in front of a big screen and, with tears in his eyes, watched a montage of his struggles over the past six years, which included more than 100 crashes and four operations, as he reclaimed the title after 2,184 days. The coronation was complete when he added his name, etched on a silver plaque, to the MotoGP trophy, the Tower of Champions.
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2026 Moto GP Schedule
| DATE |
GRAND PRIX |
| MAR 1 |
Thailand |
| MAR 22 |
Brazil |
| MAR 29 |
USA |
| APR 12 |
Qatar |
| APR 26 |
Spain |
| MAY 10 |
France |
| MAY 17 |
Catalonia |
| MAY 31 |
Italy |
| JUN 7 |
Hungary |
| JUN 21 |
Czechia |
| JUN 28 |
Netherlands |
| JUL 12 |
Germany |
| AUG 9 |
Great Britain |
| AUG 30 |
Aragon |
| SEP 13 |
San Marino |
| SEP 20 |
Austria |
| OCT 4 |
Japan |
| OCT 11 |
Indonesia |
| OCT 25 |
Australia |
| NOV 1 |
Malaysia |
| NOV 15 |
Portugal |
| NOV 22 |
Valenciana |
2026 Moto GP Championship Overview
Márquez's 2025 championship validated the fears Dorna management had about allowing him to race a Ducati. Putting the best rider in the world on the best bike in the world was only ever going to produce one result. You can argue over whether the Ducati GP25 was a better bike than the GP24 – the view is that the GP25 was a faster bike than the GP24, though whether that is the same as being better is debatable - but that was irrelevant to Márquez. He found a way to ride around the GP25's weaknesses and exploit its strengths.
There is no reason to believe that 2026 will turn out any different from 2025. The only two riders who are in anything like the same league as Márquez are on a Yamaha and a KTM, respectively, and those bikes are unlikely to be the tools necessary to take on Marc Márquez on a Ducati.
Inside Ducati, his factory teammate Pecco Bagnaia showed few signs of being able to turn his 2025 around. Unless Ducati bring a very different bike, much more like the GP24 (or at least with the front end feel of that bike), then Bagnaia won't be a factor. As for Alex Márquez, his advantage is that he will be on the same bike as his brother. But Marc proved throughout 2025 that he had the measure of his brother at almost every track. Alex may challenge, but he won't beat Marc Márquez.
In terms of fitness, talent, ability, and above all ambition, Marc Márquez has another three or four MotoGP titles in him. But each crash brings him closer to the end of his career, and he knows it. The fact that he didn't try to return early after the shoulder injury he suffered in Indonesia is a sign of that, as is the advice he has given other injured riders not to come back too early, most notably Jorge Martin.
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