The Race MotoGP Podcast

MotoGP’s Indonesian Grand Prix weekend ended with an Aprilia 1-2-3-4 but that probably could have been the formation in every session and race had things not gone crazy in multiple ways.

Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer analyse everything from the tyre pressure headaches that cost Jorge Martin a sprint win and led to Simon declaring the grand prix the “worst race” he’d seen in ages, to exactly what made Raul Fernandez so furious at Marco Bezzecchi on Saturday.

Plus where it all leaves a title fight after a weekend in which lots and lots happened but the points picture barely changed - and whether Aprilia needs to deploy proper team orders now.

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MotoGP 2026 is distilling into an ever-closer Marc Marquez vs Jorge Martin title showdown after the events of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend at Motegi.

But their battle for victory was heavily influenced by the bizarre scenario of riders switching to a back-up tyre specification that they'd all expected to be terrible - but that was actually fantastic! All of which left some of the grid's deeper thinkers admitting to feeling pretty daft.

Val Khorounzhiy, Simon Patterson and Eden Hannigan explain it all, give their thoughts on the direction of the title battle and hail great weekends for Enea Bastianini and Somkiat Chantra.

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MotoGP's planning a big shake-up to its race weekend format in 2027 with a new way of forming sprint grids on the agenda. Does it actually need to? And if it does, what should it do? That's what Val Khorounzhiy, Jordan Moreland and Matt Beer debate in The Race MotoGP Podcast.

Plus what we make of soon-to-be MotoGP rider Nicolo Bulega's World Superbike coronation, how the world might react to a second Jorge Martin title and Pedro Acosta's chances of kicking on with a winning streak.

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Pedro Acosta is FINALLY a MotoGP grand prix winner - though only after putting KTM through the agony of his sprint blunder first.

Simon and Val report from the Austrian Grand Prix on that error, that breakthrough win yet another title fight twist, as problems for Marc Marquez and a mysterious lack of Ducati pace coincided with perhaps Jorge Martin's strongest Aprilia weekend yet.

Plus we answer The Race Members' Club's questions on everything from Taka Nakagami to Brad Binder and a particularly woeful Yamaha weekend.

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Marc Marquez leads the MotoGP riders’ standings for the first time in 2026 after his Misano double win coincided with a weekend of pain for Aprilia.

Given how many races Marquez has missed, his injury struggles, and Aprilia often having the better bike, is Marquez on course for his greatest MotoGP championship win so far?

That’s one of the questions Val Khorounzhiy, Simon Patterson and Eden Hannigan debate on the San Marino Grand Prix episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast.

Plus whether Marco Bezzecchi is psychologically strong enough for the pressures of a title fight and whether Jorge Martin is just not quite as fast as he used to be - regardless of Sunday’s arm pump issues.

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