Do I get a cake by my name like they do on Reddit?

Oh dear, this is hype central with a load of presenters who have no idea what they're talking about. 🤣

But luckily, later on some of them proved they did know what they were talking about.

Whatttt's happeningggg?

At this rate, all riders will have arranged their seats for 2027 before 2026 has even started!

What just happened? Wow. Wasn't expecting this.

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So, what 5 things are you looking forward to in 2026? It was hard to cut mine down to 5. Tell me your hopes for this year!

1. Whether Marc Marquez can win his 10th title. (he and Valentino Rossi have 9 titles now, not 7. I’m not allowing Dorna to cancel their other titles) Will Marc dominate again or will he get injured or will another rider rise to challenge him?

2. Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin. I really hope they bounce back from their mental and physical health problems, I felt so sorry for them last year. They deserve a better 2026.

3. Alex Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi. Can they do as well as in 2025 and make the battles interesting?

4. Maverick Viñales. I am SO excited to see what he does this year due to his new partnership with Jorge Lorenzo. My head says nothing will change and he’ll fall out with Jorge. But my heart says Maverick will rise and after all these years battle for the title, hopefully with Marc.

5. Pedro Acosta and Fabio Quartararo. Will these two finally live up to their alien reputation and fight for the title, or at least win lots of races?

+1. How on earth did I forget Toprak?!?🤦‍♀️ My right honourable friend below reminded me. I am looking forward to his riding and also his activities in press conferences etc. He seems to be a charmer, he brought sweets for his crew at the test and I think we could see some shenanigans with his team mates and other riders. But I've heard and seen very bad things about his Turkish fans e.g. threatening Bulega last season, so I hope we don't see any terrible situations this year...

Just wanted to say that some guy online was advising that if we like MotoGP/ any motorcycling, to go to our local track and see it in real life.

We don't live near an official track, so I thought that wasn't good advice.

But then I thought 'what about Motocross?' I found a track 10 minutes drive away, parking was free, no entry fee either. So we went this morning and got our 'fix' of motor racing live in the 'off season.'

We used to travel to Thruxton/ Brands Hatch/ wherever but those were a long distance and expensive. So Motocross is in some ways better.

Does anyone else do this? If not, I highly recommend it. Make sure you wrap up warm though!

Not strictly MotoGP but we know who Iannone is and I have to say I'm impressed that he returned after his ban. I thought he would go off and start a modelling career instead! Or something.

This is so cute. From a boy to a man. He looks like he's wearing his school uniform with his first title, aged 17!

I took this directly from Reddit, thanks Reddit.

Sorry this is in Spanish. But lots of sources are reporting that Maverick has hired Jorge Lorenzo as a rider coach.

I noticed Maverick almost falling into the arms of Jorge on the rider parade at Valencia so I wondered what on earth that was about! Now I know.

I am really not sure about this development. Maverick is notoriously temperamental, Jorge is notorious for his schemes not working out.

But hoping for the best for both of them.

Edit: yes, it is true, here is their statement. It is very small writing, so it says:

"November 21, 2025 Maverick Viñales brings Jorge Lorenzo on board as his performance coach.

Maverick Viñales is opening a new chapter in his sporting project with the addition of Jorge Lorenzo as his performance coach. The goal of this collaboration is clear: Fight for the @motogp World Championship.

Lorenzo will work alongside Viñales on a continuous basis across three key areas:

• Physical and athletic preparation, with a strong focus on routines, training, and recovery tailored to the current demands of MotoGP.

• Strategic coaching, aimed at pressure and risk management, race consistency, and decision-making during critical moments.

• Technical-sport development, reinforcing race-weekend analysis and planning.

The collaboration will be supported by a team coordinated by Lorenzo and fully aligned with Viñales’ project, with the shared aim of achieving solid, sustainable progress in the medium and long term.

Maverick Viñales explains: “Bringing Jorge into this journey is a huge opportunity to learn and improve in every aspect. His experience and outside perspective will help us take confident steps forward. I’m starting this new stage with great motivation and excitement.”

Jorge Lorenzo adds: “Maverick has always had natural talent and great speed. My role is to accompany him, share my experience and knowledge, and help him reach his best version. I strongly believe that if we improve in each of the key areas, success will be inevitable.”

Feel free to add your picks, or discuss my choices.

1. Marc Marquez. I was one of the people who was afraid his injuries were so severe that he would never ride again and reach the top level he used to. So I am extremely happy that he’s won his 9th title!

2. Alex Marquez. He's been the overlooked younger brother for so many years, but look at him now! I’m so impressed with him taking second place in the championship. Two brothers winning 1st and 2nd place—it’ll be a long while til that record is equalled.

3. Johann Zarco. Simply because of his win in Le Mans. What a fairytale race that was! A true legendary ‘underdog prevails’ story. I recommend reading David Emmett’s blog about it, ‘Ode to Joy’, it captures all our feelings about this race.

4. Marco Bezzecchi. It’s been a pleasure to watch him mature as a rider and a person this year, and develop the Aprilia bike almost single handed.

5. Francesco Bagnaia. This might be a surprising one but it’s about his character. People predicted when Marc joined Ducati, there would be arguments, psychological warfare, and a wall put up between garages. But instead he has been welcoming, gracious, mature, I don’t think he’s said a bad word about Marc.

Special mentions to:

• Raul Fernandez (hope he regains his outstanding Moto2 form)
• Pedro Acosta and Fabio Quartararo (for god’s sake put them both on top bikes so they can challenge Marc)
• Fermin Aldeguer (Rookie of the year, keep on improving!)

Numpty of the year:

• Franco Morbidelli. (I don’t need to explain why!)

The end of year awards gala if you want to see them all dressed up and looking good in evening wear!

This is amazing! Jose Antonio is well enough to ride on the parade lorry and be interviewed by Pol Espargaro!

It's a shame the camera didn't look at him during his interview though, it went to riders firing t-shirts into the crowd 🫤

Toprak is coming, look busy!😅

Interesting comments about him from the test riders. Toprak has obviously watched Bulega with his braking problems and learned from them.

Augusto Fernandez and Aleix Espargaro seem to be very impressed with Toprak.

I think it's so interesting that Augusto talks about him as a rider, and Aleix talks about him as a person.

Aleix is always in tune with emotions and characters, it's his strength.

Very naughty 🤣😂🤣😂

Spectacular but terrifying, I'm amazed Zarco wasn't badly injured by that. It's very telling that Lecuona rushed to help him, he knew it was serious.

I suppose at least Zarco is used to doing backflips 😬

Miguel Oliveira says goodbye to MotoGP at his home track.

Such a pity he is leaving. He is a good rider but has been plagued by injuries and crashes so didn't get good results. I really hope he powers into World Superbike and gets a few titles. He so nearly won the Moto3 and Moto2 titles in the past.

Good news about Rueda.

The wording of the press release is unclear but seems to be saying Rueda ALSO had a cardiac arrest in the accident.

The Sepang marshalls and medics really did an outstanding job treating Rueda and Dettwiler- this could have been a double fatality if they'd been slack.

I wonder if Marco Simoncelli's death in 2011 contributed to this efficient treatment. Maybe that accident made the Sepang track managers improve their training and reaction time, because their treatment of Sic was heavily criticised.

I won't repeat details about Sic because we know what we saw that day.

This is a relief to read! I thought we were going to lose yet another Swiss rider.

Paolo Simoncelli is being a bit optimistic thinking that Noah will start in 2026 though!

Interesting! I remember Bulega was a brilliant young rider, then struggled in Moto3 and Moto2, so he went off to World Superbikes, where he's done extremely well.

It will be so interesting to see what he does with a Ducati MotoGP bike. People on Reddit said his lap times are already very fast.

Pirro was good, but he is nearly 40 and I think past his prime. Bulega will be a good test rider in the Ducati team to help them in 2026.

I LOVE these behind the scenes videos that Ducati makes each race! So what if they're a bit staged.

My favourite scene in this one is when Pecco called Marc a dickhead 😂

And I was interested to see that Pecco didn't want Pirro to hug him, did he? He stepped away from him. I noticed that when Marc won the title in Japan however, Pecco was very happy to hug him a lot of times.