MotoGP, Silverstone extend British GP deal through 2028
NXTbets Pro | Published On: August 6, 2026
MotoGP Silverstone extension
MotoGP and Silverstone have extended their partnership through 2028, keeping the British Grand Prix on the FIM MotoGP World Championship calendar for the 2027 and 2028 seasons. The announcement came ahead of the 2026 British Grand Prix weekend, and it removes the uncertainty that had grown around the event’s future. It also ends speculation that the British MotoGP round could return to Donington Park. MotoGP CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta said the extension reinforces a long-term partnership, and Silverstone CEO Stuart Pringle said it reinforces Silverstone’s role as the UK home of MotoGP. The agreement gives the championship a confirmed British stop for two more seasons and keeps one of its most familiar venues in place. That matters at a time when the calendar continues to evolve, because Silverstone remains a fixed point for the series and a race that MotoGP has leaned on for years. With the new deal, the British Grand Prix stays at Silverstone through the 2028 season, and the circuit keeps its place in the championship picture well past the coming race weekend.
Silverstone fan history
Silverstone has hosted the British MotoGP event since MotoGP returned there in 2010, and the circuit has now welcomed more than 2 million fans for MotoGP events. That fan total shows the scale of the event’s place in Britain, and the latest attendance figure backs it up. Last year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone drew just under 100,000 fans. The next British Grand Prix is expected to take place in August 2027, so the extension keeps the event on the schedule for that return and for the following season as well. The continuation also gives MotoGP a steady British venue after a run of seasons that have kept Silverstone central to the series. Since 2010, the track has held onto the British round and built a large and loyal audience around it. The new agreement means that relationship continues, with Silverstone set to keep staging the country’s MotoGP round through 2028 and to remain one of the sport’s best attended stops in the UK.
Silverstone 850cc future
The deal also sets Silverstone up for a technical shift inside MotoGP. The 2027 British MotoGP event will feature MotoGP’s new 850cc machines, so the circuit will host the British round as the series turns to a fresh bike formula. That gives the event another layer of interest when it returns in August 2027, and it places Silverstone inside one of the sport’s next major changes. The venue has also had to work through interruptions over the years. Silverstone did not host the British MotoGP in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the British Grand Prix was canceled in 2018 because of poor weather. Even with those missed editions, the circuit has remained a constant part of the British MotoGP story since MotoGP returned there in 2010. The extension through 2028 keeps that link intact and gives the British round a clear future at a venue that has already drawn more than 2 million fans. For MotoGP, it means the British Grand Prix stays at Silverstone as the series moves into its next technical era.
