MotoGP United States GP: Schedule and full starting…

Austin will play host to the third round of the 2026 MotoGP season.

The United States Grand Prix will cap off the opening leg of the campaign following previous flyaway races in Thailand and Brazil.

Following COTA, MotoGP will head to Jerez for the European leg of the season, albeit after a four-week break due to the postponement of the Qatar Grand Prix.

2026 MotoGP United States GP: Race start

The 2026 US GP will begin at 3pm local time on Sunday, 29 March. The race will take place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Start time: 15:00 local time / 20:00 GMT / 21:00 BST / 22:00 CEST / 16:00 ET / 13:00 PT / 07:00 AEDT (Monday) / 05:00 JST (Monday) / 01:30 IST (Monday)

Event	Date
Americas GP	Mar 29 15:00
Americas GP FREE PRACTICE 1	Mar 27 10:45
Americas GP PRACTICE	Mar 27 15:00
Americas GP FREE PRACTICE 2	Mar 28 10:10
Americas GP QUALIFYING 1	Mar 28 10:50
Americas GP QUALIFYING 2	Mar 28 11:15
Americas GP SPRINT	Mar 28 15:10
Americas GP RACE	Mar 29 15:00

2026 MotoGP United States GP: Starting grid

Cla	Nº	Rider	Bike	Time	Delay
1	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	2'00.136	-
2	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	2'00.485	0.349
3	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	2'00.563	0.427
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia	2'00.329	0.193
5	36	Joan Mir	Honda	2'00.591	0.455
6	93	Marc Márquez	Ducati	2'00.637	0.501
7	89	Jorge Martín	Aprilia	2'00.696	0.560
8	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	2'00.765	0.629
9	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Ducati	2'01.014	0.878
10	79	Ai Ogura	Aprilia	2'01.419	1.283
11	10	Luca Marini	Honda	2'00.891	0.755
12	23	Enea Bastianini	KTM	2'01.477	1.341
13	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	2'01.228	1.092
14	11	Diogo Moreira	Honda	2'01.306	1.170
15	5	Johann Zarco	Honda	2'01.445	1.309
16	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	2'01.553	1.417
17	7	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Yamaha	2'01.745	1.609
18	33	Brad Binder	KTM	2'01.865	1.729
19	43	Jack Miller	Yamaha	2'01.893	1.757
20	21	Franco Morbidelli	Ducati	2'02.117	1.981
21	42	Alex Rins	Yamaha	2'02.366	2.230

VR46's Fabio di Giannantonio will start a MotoGP race from pole position for the second consecutive week after topping qualifying at Austin on Saturday.

He was supposed to be joined by Aprilia star Marco Bezzecchi on the front row, but the Italian was hit with a two-place grid penalty for impeding Marc Marquez in qualifying.

As such, KTM's Pedro Acosta will inherit second on the grid, with Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia moving up to third.

Honda's Joan Mir will line up fifth behind Bezzecchi, while Marquez will take the start from fifth on the factory Ducati.

Marquez, who has a record seven wins at COTA, will have to serve a long-lap penalty in the race after causing a collision with di Giannantonio in Saturday's sprint.

New champion leader Jorge Martin (Aprilia) and Gresini duo Alex Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer will share the third row.

Luca Marini (Honda) was another rider to pick up a penalty on Saturday, with the stewards punishing both him and Bezzecchi for obstructing Marquez on a flying lap.