Marco Bezzecchi
Liberty Media are looking to expand MotoGP’s global audience as new owners, with changing the calendar being the first step in that process.
As of 2027, Phillip Island will not host the Australian Grand Prix. A staple of the MotoGP calendar for over three decades, the iconic track will be replaced by a street circuit in Adelaide.
It comes as Liberty Media looks to expand the sport’s global reach and move to new destinations. The decision to leave Phillip Island was widely criticised, but Carmelo Ezpeleta says ‘safety comes first’ for MotoGP, given the increased number of accidents at the circuit.
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Big plans are being made for MotoGP’s first street circuit in 2027. Reports are suggesting that Adelaide could host the season finale, with Valencia potentially moving to the middle of the season.
But besides Australia, Liberty Media are working on other changes to the calendar, and they have already decided which track is the next to be dropped.
Aragon could be the next MotoGP circuit to be axed by Liberty Media
A report from La Gazzetta dello Sport details the changes that MotoGP’s new owners are looking to propose. It appears that the Aragon Grand Prix is ‘in their sights’.
First hosting a race in 2010, Aragon is one of four races in Spain on the MotoGP calendar. No other nation has more races in the season, and Liberty wants to change that.
The report notes that the circuit could be removed from the calendar, opening the door for other tracks and regions to join the calendar. With 2026 hosting 22 races, it is not expected to expand beyond that.
Aragon’s exit would ‘favour’ a return for tracks such as Termas del Rio Hondo, which will be replaced by Buenos Aires as the Argentine GP next year. The circuit’s problems ‘don’t seem to worry’ Liberty, with Argentina being an option to replace Qatar if the 2026 race is cancelled.
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Liberty Media wants MotoGP to be ‘no longer dominated by Spain’
Dropping Aragon from the calendar would be the start of Liberty’s plans to move MotoGP to new corners of the world and bring it to regions that ‘matter most’.
This, as the report notes, means moving MotoGP into an era that is ‘no longer dominated by Spain’. The nation has the second-highest number of motorcycle Grand Prix champions behind Italy.
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As aforementioned, Spain has four races on the calendar, which is more than any other nation. Furthermore, of the 2026 grid, eight of the riders fly the Spanish flag.
Liberty have already looked to bring more nations into MotoGP, with Toprak Razgatlioglu and Diogo Moreira bringing Turkey and Brazil to the sport. They are certain to continue down that path, and it starts with cutting Aragon from the calendar.
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