Overview
- Opening day ran behind schedule after showers left standing water, with FP1 ultimately held in mixed conditions following track cleanup.
- KTM’s Pedro Acosta set the FP1 pace on wet tyres, Jack Miller came within 0.087s on worn slicks, and Marc Marquez finished fourth without any crashes reported.
- The championship is back in Brazil for the first time since 2004 at an upgraded Goiania venue modernized with a reported 55 million BRL and CBM homologation, with FIM approval expected.
- Friday sessions were extended and Michelin supplied an expanded asymmetric tyre range to address unknown grip and heavy right-side loads on the 3.835 km, 14-turn layout, which features a 31-lap Grand Prix.
- Riders praised the fast, narrow track but cautioned that overtaking could be largely confined to turn 1 due to likely dirty asphalt off the racing line, as Brazilian rookie Diogo Moreira makes the nation’s first MotoGP start since 2004.