JAKARTA - The American MotoGP Grand Prix, which is the third series in the 2026 racing calendar, will take place this weekend. The peak of the world's most prestigious race will take place on Monday, March 30, 2026, early morning WIB.
The American Grand Prix will take place at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), Texas, on March 27-29 local time or March 27-30 Indonesian time. The huge time difference makes fans in Indonesia have to wait until Monday morning to watch their idol's performance.
The first day of the American Grand Prix agenda will begin on Friday, March 27, 2026, WIB night. The first free practice session or free practice 1 (FP1) of Moto3 at 21.00-21.35 WIB will start the action of the riders on the track. After that, the first free practice of Moto2 will take place at 21.50-22.30 WIB and the first free practice of MotoGP at 22.45-23.30 WIB.
The series of sessions then continued to the third practice of the motorbikes which took place on Saturday morning from 01.15 WIB until 04.00 WIB. The last session was closed with the Bagger World Cup qualifying at 04.25-04.45 WIB.
Then on Saturday night the series of agendas continued to the second free practice (FP2) of Moto3 at 20.40-21.10 WIB, FP2 Moto2 at 21.25-21.55 WIB, and MotoGP at 22.10-22.40 WIB. Still on the same day, the agenda then continued to the first qualifying (Q1) and second qualifying (Q2) of MotoGP which took place from 22.50-23.30 WIB.
The first and second qualifying for Moto3 and Moto2 will take place on Sunday morning from 00.45-02.20 WIB. The session continued with the MotoGP sprint race at 03.00 WIB and the first race of the Bagger World Cup at 04.10 WIB.
Furthermore, the 2026 American Grand Prix summit on Sunday evening will be opened with the second race of the Bagger World Cup at 21.45 WIB, then followed by the MotoGP warm-up and parade at 22.40-23.40 WIB.
The last session was entered into the Moto3 race which took place in 14 laps (rounds) at 00.00 WIB, the Moto2 race at 01.15 WIB which was held in 16 laps, and closed with the MotoGP race (19 laps) at 03.00 WIB.
The race at COTA is interesting to attract fans in Indonesia because of Veda Ega Pratama's brilliant performance so far in Moto3. The 17-year-old racer has just made history as the first Indonesian rider to be able to climb the podium at the Grand Prix arena.
He made history in the Brazilian Grand Prix which ended at the weekend. He finished third in the race to accompany Maximo Quiles in the front row and Marco Morelli in second place.
Complete MotoGP America 2026 Schedule:
Friday, March 27
- 21.00-21.35 WIB FP1 Moto3
- 21.50-22.30 WIB FP1 Moto2
- 22.45-22.30 WIB FP1 MotoGP
Saturday, March 28
- 01.15-01.50 WIB Moto3 Practice
- 02.05-02.45 WIB Moto2 Practice
- 03.00-04.00 WIB MotoGP Practice
- 20.40-21.10 WIB FP2 Moto3
- 21.25–21.55 WIB FP2 Moto2
- 22.10–22.40 WIB FP2 MotoGP
- 22.50-23.05 First MotoGP Qualifying
- 23.15–23.30 Second MotoGP Qualifying
Sunday, March 29
- 00.45-01.00 WIB First Moto3 Qualification
- 01.10-01.25 WIB Second Moto3 Qualification
- 01.40-01.55 WIB First Moto2 Qualifying
- 02.05-02.20 WIB Second Moto2 Qualification
- 03.00 WIB Sprint Race MotoGP
Monday, March 30
- 00.00 WIB Moto3 Race
- At 01.15 WIB Moto2 Race
- 03.00 WIB MotoGP Race
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