COTA, USA: New 2026 MotoGP World Championship standings
New 2026 MotoGP World Championship standings after Sunday's US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, round 3 of 22.
Marco Bezzecchi regains the 2026 MotoGP World Championship lead with a fifth Grand Prix victory in a row in Sunday's US Grand Prix at COTA.
Bezzecchi led Aprilia's second Sunday one-two in a week, with team-mate Jorge Martin getting the better of KTM's Pedro Acosta.
Martin, who led the standings after his Saturday Sprint win, is now just four points behind Bezzecchi.
Acosta is third for KTM but now 21 adrift of Bezzecchi with top Ducati rider Fabio di Giannantonio 31 points from the top.
Reigning champion Marc Marquez is almost an entire grand prix weekend's worth of points behind in fifth.
Further back, WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu secured his first MotoGP point in 15th, as the top Yamaha rider at COTA.
COTA: New 2026 MotoGP World Championship standings | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Points | Diff. | |
| 1 | ^1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | 81 | |
| 2 | ˅1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | 77 | (-4) |
| 3 | = | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 60 | (-21) |
| 4 | = | Fabio di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26) | 50 | (-31) |
| 5 | ^1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | 45 | (-36) |
| 6 | ^1 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | 40 | (-41) |
| 7 | ˅2 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | 37 | (-44) |
| 8 | ^1 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | 28 | (-53) |
| 9 | ˅1 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | 25 | (-56) |
| 10 | = | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | 23 | (-58) |
| 11 | ^2 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 22 | (-59) |
| 12 | ˅1 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 17 | (-64) |
| 13 | ^1 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | 14 | (-67) |
| 14 | ^1 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25) | 13 | (-68) |
| 15 | ˅3 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | 13 | (-68) |
| 16 | ^1 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Pro Honda LCR (RC213V)* | 9 | (-72) |
| 17 | ˅1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 6 | (-75) |
| 18 | = | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 3 | (-78) |
| 19 | = | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | 3 | (-78) |
| 20 | NA | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | 1 | (-80) |
^X Rider has improved X championship positions.
= Rider has the same championship position as previous race.
˅X Rider has dropped X championship positions.
* Rookie
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