The premier class of motorcycle Grand Prix racing: 1,000cc prototypes, 360 km/h straights and 64-degree lean angles, decided by tenths of a second. MotoGP is the premier class of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix, the series that has crowned a world champion every year since 1949. It is a prototype formula: no bike on the grid can be bought, and none is derived from a road model.
A Grand Prix weekend now produces two scoring races. Since 2023 every round has included a Saturday Sprint over roughly half distance, paying 12 points to the winner down to one for ninth, alongside the Sunday Grand Prix that pays 25 down to one for fifteenth. Grid position comes from a two-part qualifying session, with the ten fastest riders from Friday's hour-long Practice going straight through to Q2.
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The premier class of motorcycle Grand Prix racing: 1,000cc prototypes, 360 km/h straights and 64-degree lean angles, decided by tenths of a second. MotoGP is the premier class of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix, the series that has crowned a world champion every year since 1949. It is a prototype formula: no bike on the grid can be bought, and none is derived from a road model.
A Grand Prix weekend now produces two scoring races. Since 2023 every round has included a Saturday Sprint over roughly half distance, paying 12 points to the winner down to one for ninth, alongside the Sunday Grand Prix that pays 25 down to one for fifteenth. Grid position comes from a two-part qualifying session, with the ten fastest riders from Friday's hour-long Practice going straight through to Q2.
The modern championship is defined by Ducati. The Bologna factory won six consecutive constructors' titles from 2020 to 2025 and supplies roughly a third of the grid, while Aprilia, KTM, Honda and Yamaha fight over the rest under a four-tier concessions system built to close the gap. Marc Marquez ended a six-year title drought in 2025, scoring a record 545 points in his first season with the factory Ducati team.
MotoGP is a prototype championship: every bike is a purpose-built racing machine that cannot be bought and has no road-going equivalent. Current MotoGP machines run 1,000cc four-cylinder engines producing well over 300 horsepower at a minimum weight of 157 kilograms.
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