2026 Moto2 World Championship

Teams and riders

Team changes

• QJ Motor – Frinsa – MSi will switch to Kalex bikes after running the Boscoscuro chassis for the previous two seasons.

Rider changes

• Luca Lunetta will make his debut in the intermediate class for SpeedRS Team after spending two seasons in Moto3 with Sic58 Squadra Corse. He will be replacing Alonso López, who will leave the team to join Gresini Racing.
• Ángel Piqueras will be promoted to the Moto2 outfit of the MSi team, joining Iván Ortolá as his new teammate.
• Daniel Muñoz, who was appointed as a replacement rider for the injured Deniz Öncü for the second half of the 2025 season, will make his full-time debut in the intermediate class by joining the Italtrans Racing Team. He will replace Diogo Moreira who will be stepping up to the MotoGP class, riding for LCR Honda.
• Italjet Gresini Racing will be fielding an all-new line up as Darryn Binder and Albert Arenas will leave the team. Both riders will be replaced by Sergio García and Alonso López. López will be moving from SpeedRS Team, whilst García will make his full-time comeback in Moto2 after being prematurely dismissed in 2025 from the MSi team due to poor results.
• Elf [Marc VDS Racing Team] will be fielding an all-new line up as Arón Canet and Deniz Öncü will be joining the team from Fantic Racing Lino Sonego and Red Bull KTM Ajo, respectively. Both will replace Filip Salac and Jake Dixon. While Salac will join American Racing, Dixon will permanently leave the category to join Honda on a multi-year-deal from the 2026 Superbike World Championship season onwards.
• José Antonio Rueda, 2025 [Moto3 World Championship|2025 Moto3 World Champion], will make his intermediate class debut with the Red Bull KTM Ajo team, joining Collin Veijer who will be going into his second season with the team.
• Marcos Ramírez was due to race for American Racing in 2026. On 7 November 2025, it was announced that both the team and rider had mutually agreed to end their collaboration at the end of the 2025 season. Ramírez will be replaced by Filip Salac, who will be moving from Elf [Marc VDS Racing Team].
• Taiyo Furusato will be promoted to the Moto2 outfit of the Idemitsu Honda Team Asia to join Mario Aji. He will be replacing his Japanese compatriot Yuki Kunii, who will be leaving the class after facing a disappointing rookie season.
• Albert Arenas will leave the championship to join AS Racing Team aboard a Yamaha to compete in the 2026 Supersport World Championship.
• Tony Arbolino will leave Blu Cru Pramac Yamaha Racing after just one season to join Fantic Racing, replacing Arón Canet who will move to Elf Marc VDS Racing Team.
• Alberto Ferrández will make his full-time debut in the intermediate class by joining Blu Cru Pramac Yahama Racing, replacing Tony Arbolino.

Calendar

Round	Date	List of [Grand Prix motorcycle circuits|Grand Prix]	Grand Prix motorcycle circuits|Circuit]
1	1 March	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. The Argentine Grand Prix will not be returning to the calendar in 2026, as the organisers have confirmed in a statement, aiming 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 [Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1961] and 1999 Grand Prix [motorcycle racing season|1999]. However on 21 July 2025, Dorna announced that the Argentine Grand Prix would have a new home starting in the 2027 season. Work is currently underway to return to the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez.