Brno MotoGP Preview: The Jewel In The Forest

Brno MotoGP Preview: The Jewel In The Forest It is hard to think of a greater contrast than MotoGP's last three races. From the fast and flowing Mugello to the tight, chicane-ridden Balaton Park. A week off, and then from the flat expanse of Balaton Park circuit to Horsepower Hill at Brno. MotoGP has gone from flat out in sixth to finicky first-gear corners to flat out in sixth again. Though the Balaton Park circuit doesn't have much going for it in terms of track layout, it does provide a nice contrast with the current sequence of circuits. We are in the middle of the sequence of great European circuits that are the backbone of a MotoGP season. Barcelona, Mugello, Brno, Assen, and later Silverstone are all tracks where a MotoGP machine belongs, where the rider can extract the full performance of a MotoGP machine, and where it is the rider that makes the difference. And with Jerez, Le Mans, Assen, Sachsenring, Brno is one of the circuits which is always sold out, with a hundred thousand fans bellowing their full-throated passion for the sport. These are glorious times indeed. Brno has long been a popular venue for MotoGP - and grand prix motorcycle racing well before that. Before the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, motorcycles raced a street circuit which wound its way through the roads through Ostrovačice, and then up the hill and down again past the woods in which the modern Masaryk circuit was built. David Emmett Wed, 17/Jun/2026 - 23:10 * Read more about Brno MotoGP Preview: The Jewel In The Forest * 3 comments * * Log in or register to post comments