Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP Heads to Catalunya Looking to Build on Recent Progress
Following encouraging signs in Jerez and Le Mans, Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP arrives at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya aiming to continue closing the gap and confirming the positive direction shown in recent races.
Barcelona, May 13th 2026
Another historic European venue awaits Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP as the team heads to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the next round of the MotoGP World Championship. First introduced to the calendar in 1992, the Catalan Grand Prix has become one of the most iconic and best-attended events in modern MotoGP history, with passionate record crowds creating one of the most vibrant atmospheres of the entire season.
For Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP, the Barcelona weekend represents another important opportunity to continue the development path that began to show encouraging signs during the Jerez test and was further confirmed throughout the French Grand Prix weekend at Le Mans. Both Jack Miller and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu arrive in Catalunya motivated by the progress made in recent weeks and determined to continue reducing the gap to the midfield group.
Razgatlıoğlu returns to a circuit that holds positive memories from his WorldSBK career, where he achieved important victories in the past. The Turkish rider hopes that his growing understanding of the Yamaha YZR-M1 and the riding style required in MotoGP can help him make another important step forward this weekend. Miller, meanwhile, aims to continue building on the stronger feeling he developed with the bike over the last two race weekends.
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is widely regarded as one of the most technical and demanding tracks on the calendar. Its long, fast corners place enormous stress on both tyres — especially the left side — while grip levels often decrease significantly throughout the weekend because of the hot temperatures and abrasive asphalt. The flowing nature of the circuit also makes front-end confidence and corner speed particularly important, making it a demanding test both for riders and machine setup.
GINO BORSOI Team Director, Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP
We approach the Barcelona weekend with optimism because I believe we have started moving in a clear direction, especially with Toprak regarding his riding style and adaptation to the MotoGP bike. As we saw in Le Mans, the gap to the front is still important, but race after race we are reducing it, and this is the key point for us at the moment.
Of course, changing riding habits and adapting to a completely different style is not easy for Toprak, and there will still be difficult moments ahead, but Barcelona could represent another small step forward both for him and for Jack as well.
We also have some new ideas that could help us reduce the gap a little bit more. We don’t need to dream too big right now — the important thing is to continue taking seconds away weekend after weekend and keep building steadily.
TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP rider
I like this track very much, but it is always difficult to ride here because grip is usually very low. This will also be my first time riding here with a MotoGP bike, and from what we have understood so far, we still need to improve the turning of the bike quite a lot.
We learned many things in Le Mans and in Barcelona we want to use that experience and maybe even try some different setup directions because obviously Fabio’s setup was working much better than ours.
I have very good memories here from my victories in Superbike, so of course I hope I can start making good memories with Yamaha in MotoGP as well. But I know this is a very demanding track because you need to manage both the rear and the front tyre carefully throughout the race.
As always, I will try my best again.
JACK MILLER Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP Rider
I’m looking forward to the quick turnaround and getting back on track in Barcelona. There is still a lot of work to do both on the bike and also on my side, but after the progress we showed in Jerez and Le Mans we arrive here with a more positive feeling.
The goal now is to continue building on that small momentum we created over the last few weekends and try to take another step forward. Barcelona is always a demanding circuit, especially with tyre management and long corners, so it will be another good test for us and for the development of the bike.
Team Director, Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP
Of course, changing riding habits and adapting to a completely different style is not easy for Toprak, and there will still be difficult moments ahead, but Barcelona could represent another small step forward both for him and for Jack as well.
We also have some new ideas that could help us reduce the gap a little bit more. We don’t need to dream too big right now — the important thing is to continue taking seconds away weekend after weekend and keep building steadily.