Sparks fly off a part of Marco Bezzecchi's Aprilia as
he leads the field into turn one on Sunday. Whatever
it was, it didn't stop him from leading three quarters
of the race and eventually finishing second.
ROUND 4 / MAY 8-10, 2026
BUGATTI CIRCUIT / LE MANS, FRANCE
P90
ASPAR PUSHES BACK
ON CFMOTO RUMORS
Jorge Martinez Aspar pushed
back on rumors linking his team
with a sensational CFMOTO-
backed MotoGP switch in 2027
with rebranded KTMs, as had been
suggested by the Italian media.
"What's been published isn't true,"
he said. "The truth is, fortunately,
CFMOTO is delighted with our
years together in the MotoGP
World Championship, and obvi-
ously, CFMOTO wants to reach
MotoGP, but there's no date set.
The report that we'll be in MotoGP
in 2027 is absolutely false. Abso-
lutely not." But he does foresee
the Chinese brand expanding
its presence in elite racing pad-
docks soon. "I'm very happy that
CFMOTO has already created the
minibikes for the future project
with the schools. They're with us
in Moto3 and Moto2, and they're
very interested in Superbike and
MotoGP, but there's no date set."
PIT-LANE ENTRY
RULES REVISED
After the controversial Sprint
race at Jerez, Race Direction has
tweaked the rules to ensure riders
must enter pit lane at the official
entry point, indicated by a dotted
line. "In all track sessions, includ-
ing races, the only permitted pit-
lane entry is by using the designat-
ed entry point and route, defined
by the broken white line—following
the pit-lane entry road and cross-
ing the designated pit-lane entry
timing point," an official state-
ment read. This would have ruled
out the chance of Marc Marquez
cutting across the grass at Jerez's
final turn and entering pit lane
from there. Should that happen,
Briefly...
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
