MotoGP announces new Harley-Davidson Championship details: circuits, format, new teams

he MotoGP World Championship Launch a new category under the umbrella. arrival of harley davidson bagger world cup It’s a new competition for unmistakably American bikes, replacing the defunct MotoE.

Days before the start of the 2026 season, MotoGP has announced further details about what will happen to the category. It is already known that the championship will feature a six-match calendar, with the venue and dates already known. Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup American GP (Austin), Italian GP (Mugello), Dutch GP (Assen), British GP (Silverstone), Aragon GP (Motorland), Austrian GP (Red Bull Ring).

The announcement also took the opportunity to explain the format for MotoGP’s two-race weekend, similar to MotoE’s. Two free sessions of 20 minutes each will be held on Friday. Qualifying and the first race will take place on Saturday, lasting between seven and nine laps. The second match will be held on Sunday of the same length weekend. The plans for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello have been changed, and the race will now be classified as Friday, with two races to be held on Saturday.

Finally, we would like to note that Harley-Davidson has reached agreements with: nity racing,this is The first Indonesian team to be affiliated with the MotoGP World Championship. Niti Racing joins a list that already included the teams Saddlemen Race Development (USA), Cecchini Racing Garage (Italy) and Joe Rascal Racing (Australia). In fact, the latter will field three bikes for the first race in Austin instead of the usual two.

Currently, the list of pilots who will take part in this new adventure in the World Motorcycle Championship is not yet known. In the coming weeks, we should know some of the names of the nine people who will be held in the United States to celebrate the first race in the history of this contest.