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With no rider having a different tyre strategy, this race will be all about preserving that rear medium for the full 19 laps.
Jorge Martin, 2026 US MotoGP.
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2026 US MotoGP reaction LIVE: Marco Bezzecchi completes dominant Aprilia 1-2
Live text coverage of the 2026 MotoGP United States Grand Prix
Key Moments
- 2026 US MotoGP starts at 9pm BST
- Fabio Di Giannantonio to start US MotoGP from pole position
- Marco Bezzecchi starts fourth after two-place grid drop
- Jorge Martin won the 2026 US MotoGP sprint
The third round of the 2026 MotoGP season continues on Sunday 29 March with the 20-lap United States Grand Prix from the Circuit of the Americas.
The third round of the 2026 MotoGP season sees the championship return to COTA, having come to the track every year since 2013 except 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.
Fabio Di Giannantonio starts from pole position, after securing back-to-back poles for the first time in his MotoGP career on Saturday.
He will be looking to make up for a disappointing sprint race, after fellow Ducati rider Marc Marquez crashed into the VR46 rider on lap one of the sprint.
Marquez is the most successful rider at the United States Grand Prix, having won on seven occasions, all of which came while riding for Honda.
Aprilia rider Jorge Martin was victorious in the sprint race, while team-mate Marco Bezzecchi crashed out of second place. Martin leads the championship standing heading into the grand prix by one point over Bezzecchi.
After Friday’s action was dominated by a raft of crashes, Saturday continued in similar fashion as Marc Marquez, Di Giannantonio, Bezzecchi, Joan Mir, and Alex Rins all suffered falls in the 10-lap race.
The grid will be without its full compliment of 22 riders, after Tech3 KTM's Maverick Vinales withdrew ahead of Practice due to the left shoulder he injured in a crash in Germany last year.
The front row for the 2026 United States Grand Prix sees Di Giannantonio line-up alongside Pedro Acosta and Francesco Bagnaia. The second row is made up of Bezzecchi, Mir and Marc Marquez.
The 2026 US MotoGP begins at 21:00pm BST.
29 Mar 2026
20:48
We're just over ten minutes away from lights out at COTA for the Unites States Grand Prix.
20:42
As expected, the medium rear tyre is the choice for every rider, instead of the soft.
20:23
Hopefully no repeat of the tyre pressure that caused a penalty for Acosta
Pedro Acosta admits “I don’t really care” about penalty in US MotoGP sprint
Pedro Acosta, 2026 US MotoGP
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20:16
Jorge Martin heads into the United States Grand Prix as the championship leader by one point ahead of team-mate Marco Bezzecchi following his sprint win.
20:03
Toprak Razgatlioglu “surprised” before COTA MotoGP Sprint exit
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 US MotoGP Sprint.
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20:01
Warm-up results from the US MotoGP
2026 US MotoGP, COTA - Warm-up Results
Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 US MotoGP.
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19:56
A reminder that Fabio Di Giannantonio will start from pole position ahead of Pedro Acosta and Francesco Bagnaia.
The second row is headed by Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi following his two-place grid penalty, with Joan Mir starting fifth ahead of Marc Marquez, who will serve a long lap penalty in today's 19-lap race.
19:54
Good evening everyone. Build-up up for the 2026 US MotoGP will be brought to you here live.
The MotoGP United States Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 21:00pm UK time.