2026 Moto3 World Championship

2026 FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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Parent series:
2026 MotoGP World Championship
2026 Moto2 World Championship
Support series:
2026 Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup

The 2026 FIM Moto3 World Championship will be the lightweight class of the 78th FIM Road Racing World Championship season.

Teams and riders

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Gryd – MLav Racing Honda NSF250RW 8 Eddie O'Shea [1] 66 Joel Kelso [2] Honda Team Asia TBA Zen Mitani [3] TBA Veda Pratama [3] Leopard Racing 31 Adrián Fernández [4] 94 Guido Pini [5] Rivacold Snipers Team 10 Nicola Carraro [6] TBA Jesús Ríos [6] Sic58 Squadra Corse TBA Casey O'Gorman [7] TBA TBA CFMoto Aspar Team KTM RC250GP 28 Máximo Quiles [8] 95 Marco Morelli [9] CIP Green Power TBA Adrián Cruces [10] TBA TBA Denssi Racing – Boé TBA TBA TBA TBA Frinsa – MT Helmets – MSi 6 Ryusei Yamanaka [11] TBA Hakim Danish [12] LevelUp – MTA 18 Matteo Bertelle [13] 78 Joel Esteban [13] Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP 22 David Almansa [14] 64 David Muñoz [15] Red Bull KTM Ajo 83 Álvaro Carpe [16] TBA Brian Uriarte [16] Red Bull KTM Tech3 73 Valentín Perrone [17] TBA Rico Salmela [17] Source: [18]

Key Regular rider Replacement rider Wildcard rider

All teams will use series-specified Pirelli tyres. ^[19]

Rider changes

• Marco Morelli, who was already appointed as a replacement rider for several teams during the 2025 season, will be making his full-time debut with CFMoto Aspar Team to join Máximo Quiles as his new teammate. He will replace Dennis Foggia, who will leave the team and the category.
• Joel Kelso will leave the MTA team to join forces with Gryd – MLav Racing on a two-year deal.
• Guido Pini will leave Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP after just one season to join Leopard Racing, switching teams with David Almansa, who will join Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP in place of Pini.
• 2025 Red Bull Rookies Cup Champion Brian Uriarte will make his full-time debut in the lightweight class by joining Red Bull KTM Ajo, replacing 2025 Moto3 World Champion José Antonio Rueda who will be stepping up to the intermediate class with the same team.
• Rico Salmela will make his Grand Prix debut by joining Red Bull KTM Tech3, replacing Jacob Roulstone.
• Sic58 Squadra Corse will field an all new lineup as both Luca Lunetta and Stefano Nepa will leave the team. Casey O'Gorman is set to make his full-time debut in the Moto3 class with the italian squad in place for Lunetta, who will be stepping up to the intermediate class with SpeedRS Team. The second driver is yet to be announced.
• Adrián Cruces, who was already appointed as a replacement rider by CIP Green Power for the injured Noah Dettwiler for the first three races of the 2025 season, will make his full-time debut with the same team.
• Hakim Danish, who already made his Grand Prix debut in Moto3 with MT-Helmets MSi as a wildcard rider at the 2025 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, will make his full-time debut with the same team, replacing Ángel Piqueras, who will be stepping up to the intermediate class.
• Honda Team Asia will field an all new lineup as both Asia Talent Cup champions Zen Mitani and Veda Pratama will make their respective full-time debuts in Grand Prix racing by replacing both Tatchakorn Buasri and Taiyo Furusato. While Buasri will leave the team and the category as a whole, Furusato will be stepping up to the intermediate class with the same team.
• Jesús Ríos will make his full-time debut in the category with Rivacold Snipers Team, replacing Riccardo Rossi, whom he already replaced at the final two rounds of the previous season. Rossi will leave the team and the category as a whole to join Renzo Corse Ducati squad in order to compete in the 2026 Supersport World Championship.
• Joel Esteban will make his return to the lightweight class by joining the LevelUp – MTA team after being appointed as a replacement rider for several teams during the 2025 season. He will replace Joel Kelso who will move to MLav Racing.

Calendar

The following 22 Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2026: ^[20]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	Ref.
1	1 March	Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	[21]
2	22 March	Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia	[22]
3	29 March	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	[23]
4	12 April	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail	[24]
5	26 April	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera	[25]
6	10 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	[26]
7	17 May	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	[27]
8	31 May	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero	[28]
9	7 June	Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix	Balaton Park Circuit, Balatonfőkajár	[29]
10	21 June	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno Circuit, Brno	[30]
11	28 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	[31]
12	12 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	[32]
13	9 August	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	[33]
14	30 August	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz	[34]
15	13 September	San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	[35]
16	20 September	Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	[36]
17	4 October	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi	[37]
18	11 October	Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix	Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, Mandalika	[38]
19	25 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island	[39]
20	1 November	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Petronas Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	[20]
21	15 November	Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	[40]
22	22 November	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	[41]

Grand Prix locations

Lusail

Motegi

Buriram

Phillip Island

Sepang

Goiânia

Austin

Mandalika

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Location of non-European Grands Prix in 2026.

Portimão

Jerez

Le Mans

Scarperia

Montmeló

Hohenstein-Ernstthal

Assen

Spielberg

Silverstone

Cheste

Misano Adriatico

Alcañiz

Brno

Balatonfőkajár

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Location of European Grands Prix in 2026.

Calendar changes

• MotoGP will return to Brazil in 2026 after a 21-year absence. The last time MotoGP was held in Brazil was in 2004 at the Jacarepaguá Circuit in Rio de Janeiro, where it was known as the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix. ^[42]
• The Argentine Grand Prix will not be returning to calendar in 2026, organisers have confirmed in a statement, they hope to return in 2027. The Argentina Grand Prix came back onto the calendar in 2014 at the new Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo venue, having previously been held on and off in Buenos Aires between 1961 and 1999. ^[43] However, on 21 July 2025, Dorna announced that the Argentine Grand Prix would have a new home starting in the 2027 season. Work is underway to return to the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez. ^[44]

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