2026 MotoGP Launch Dates: When Each Team Will Reveal Its New Bike
The 2026 MotoGP season is almost here. Explore the full list of 2026 MotoGP launch dates and bike reveals for every team.
VR46 Racing will unveil its 2026 MotoGP project on January 14 in Rome, a day after the Prima Pramac Yamaha team hosts its event in Siena.
Announcing the launch date with the slogan ‘Black And Light’ on the team’s social media has already fuelled speculation that VR46 is preparing a shift in its visual identity, moving away from the familiar yellow-white palette of the past two years toward a new black-yellow scheme for the upcoming 2026 season.
Both Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio will remain with the outfit for 2026, the latter enjoying another year of full factory Ducati support on the latest-spec GP26, while Morbidelli will run a one-year-old GP25 package.
Both riders delivered the occasional highlight in 2025, racking up 13 podium finishes, but inconsistency prevented VR46 from mounting any sustained challenge against the Ducati factory team and Gresini Racing.
Even worse, the lack of a breakthrough race win throughout all of 2025 extended the team’s victory drought, running all the way back to Marco Bezzecchi’s last success with the team at the 2023 Indian Grand Prix.
With rumors hanging tight surrounding a possible switch of supplier, limited results in the last two years, and MotoGP’s 2027 regulation overhaul reshuffling the order, 2026 might well be VR46’s last season on Ducati machinery.
The Rome presentation falls in the middle of an increasingly crowded launch window in mid-January, with Pramac Yamaha presenting its colours the day before and the Ducati factory team unveiling its factory effort later in the week. You can find an updated overview of all teams’ presentation dates here.
