{"id":3874,"date":"2026-10-12T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=3874"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:37:03","slug":"when-is-the-next-motogp-race-after-indonesia-australian-gp-date-and-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/when-is-the-next-motogp-race-after-indonesia-australian-gp-date-and-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"When is the next MotoGP race after Indonesia? Australian GP date and schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The next MotoGP race is the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, October 25, 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phillip Island hosts practice on Friday, qualifying and the sprint on Saturday, and the Grand Prix on Sunday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jorge Mart\u00edn leads Marc M\u00e1rquez by <strong>355 points to 353<\/strong>, with five rounds remaining.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next race of the 2026 MotoGP season is the <strong>Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island on Sunday, October 25<\/strong>, following the Indonesian Grand Prix at Mandalika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian round takes place from <strong>Friday, October 23, to Sunday, October 25<\/strong>, giving riders a weekend off after the Indonesian race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jorge Mart\u00edn arrives in Australia leading the World Championship by just two points over Marc M\u00e1rquez, while Marco Bezzecchi remains third following his victory in Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Australian MotoGP 2026 schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All times below are local to Phillip Island, Australia (AEDT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Date<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Local time<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Friday, October 23<\/td><td>Free Practice 1<\/td><td>10:45<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Friday, October 23<\/td><td>Practice<\/td><td>15:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday, October 24<\/td><td>Free Practice 2<\/td><td>10:10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday, October 24<\/td><td>Qualifying 1<\/td><td>10:50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday, October 24<\/td><td>Qualifying 2<\/td><td>11:15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday, October 24<\/td><td>sprint<\/td><td>15:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sunday, October 25<\/td><td>Warm-up<\/td><td>10:40<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sunday, October 25<\/td><td>Australian GP race<\/td><td>14:00<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian Grand Prix is scheduled for <strong>27 laps<\/strong>, while Saturday&#8217;s sprint will cover 13 laps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time is the Australian MotoGP race in the UK, US and India?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian Grand Prix starts at 14:00 AEDT on Sunday, October 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Country \/ region<\/th><th>Race start<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Australia (Melbourne\/Sydney)<\/td><td>Sunday 14:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>United Kingdom (GMT)<\/td><td>Sunday 03:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>United States \/ Canada (ET)<\/td><td>Saturday 23:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>United States (PT)<\/td><td>Saturday 20:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>India (IST)<\/td><td>Sunday 08:30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>New Zealand (NZDT)<\/td><td>Sunday 16:00<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom returns to GMT on October 25, while most of the United States remains on daylight saving time until November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MotoGP championship standings before Australia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Position<\/th><th>Rider<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Points<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Jorge Mart\u00edn<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">355<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Marc M\u00e1rquez<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">353<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Marco Bezzecchi<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">309<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mart\u00edn reclaimed the championship lead after finishing third in Indonesia, while M\u00e1rquez took sixth place on a difficult weekend for Ducati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aprilia dominated the Indonesian Grand Prix, taking all four leading positions through Bezzecchi, Ra\u00fal Fern\u00e1ndez, Mart\u00edn and Ai Ogura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian Grand Prix is the 18th round of the 2026 championship. After Phillip Island, the series travels to Malaysia, Qatar, Portugal and Valencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When is the next MotoGP race in 2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian Grand Prix takes place on Sunday, October 25, at Phillip Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What time does the Australian MotoGP race start?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The race begins at 14:00 local time in Australia, corresponding to 03:00 GMT in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who leads the MotoGP championship before Australia?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jorge Mart\u00edn leads Marc M\u00e1rquez by two points, with Marco Bezzecchi third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/\">MotoGP news, schedules and results<\/a> on <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MotoGP heads to Phillip Island for the Australian Grand Prix on October 23\u201325, with Jorge Mart\u00edn holding a two-point championship lead over Marc M\u00e1rquez after the Indonesian GP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1001023693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Phillip Island","42wp_featured_image_credits":"MotoGP","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":140,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[38],"tags":[186,315,569,672],"42wp_author":[140],"class_list":["post-3874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motogp","tag-australian-gp","tag-motogp-2026","tag-motogp-schedule","tag-phillip-island","42wp_author-kaio-esteves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3875,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874\/revisions\/3875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1001023693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3874"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=3874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}