Since 2023, every Grand Prix weekend has included a Sprint on Saturday afternoon, run over roughly half the Sunday race distance, typically 10 to 14 laps and around 20 minutes. It uses the same grid set by Saturday morning qualifying, and there is no separate session for it. Points go to the top nine finishers only: 12 for the win, then 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.
Giacomo Agostini holds the record with 15 world championships, eight of them in the premier 500cc class and seven in the 350cc class, won between 1966 and 1975. In the premier class specifically, Agostini's eight titles lead Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez, who have seven each. Mike Hailwood also won nine world championships across the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc classes.
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Since 2023, every Grand Prix weekend has included a Sprint on Saturday afternoon, run over roughly half the Sunday race distance, typically 10 to 14 laps and around 20 minutes. It uses the same grid set by Saturday morning qualifying, and there is no separate session for it. Points go to the top nine finishers only: 12 for the win, then 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.
Giacomo Agostini holds the record with 15 world championships, eight of them in the premier 500cc class and seven in the 350cc class, won between 1966 and 1975. In the premier class specifically, Agostini's eight titles lead Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez, who have seven each. Mike Hailwood also won nine world championships across the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc classes.
The outright record is 368.6 km/h, set by Jorge Martin on an Aprilia RS-GP during practice at Mugello in May 2026, beating the 366.1 km/h Brad Binder recorded at the same circuit in 2023. Mugello's kilometre-long main straight makes it the usual venue for speed records, though Sepang, Phillip Island and Losail also produce numbers above 350 km/h.
Four major things happen at once. Engine capacity drops from 1,000cc to 850cc with maximum bore reduced from 81mm to 75mm, and the engine allocation falls from seven to six per rider per season. Fuel capacity falls from 22 litres to 20 for a Grand Prix, and all fuel must be 100 percent non-fossil in origin, up from the 40 percent minimum in force since 2024.
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