VP Racing's path to MXGP wasn't built overnight. It was earned across five decades of motorsport, from drag strips and road courses to the world's most demanding off-road championships.

ONE PARTNERSHIP, FIFTY YEARS IN THE MAKING.

WHEN A NEW CHAPTER ENDS IN A CHAMPIONSHIP.

Jeffrey Herlings arrived at Honda HRC for the 2026 season after spending his entire premier-class career with KTM. A manufacturer change that late in a rider's career is often viewed as a transition year, with expectations focused on adaptation rather than immediate results.

Instead, the championship was decided at the Türkiye GP with two rounds still remaining on the calendar. Herlings secured his third MXGP title and sixth world championship, turning what many expected to be a rebuilding season into a championship-winning campaign.

Honda HRC is also one of four factory MXGP operations
running VP MOTO R, alongside Yamaha, TM Moto, and Bud Racing. In a paddock
where manufacturers compete through different engines, chassis, suspension
systems, and development philosophies, those teams have reached the same
conclusion when it comes to fuel.

VP Racing is the official fuel of Honda HRC.

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Jeffrey Herlings

#84, Honda HRC. 2026 MXGP World Champion.

Honda HRC

Factory MXGP team. One of four running the same fuel.

VP MOTO-R

96 R+M/2 unleaded, oxygenated. FIM approved.

World Champion

Jeffrey Herlings, #84

Türkiye GP

5–6 September 2026, two rounds remaining

Six Titles

Third in MXGP

MOTO-R

Shared with three other factory teams

The Season

A first season that ended two rounds early

Jeffrey Herlings arrived at Honda HRC for 2026 after a career spent entirely with KTM. Changing manufacturer at that point in a career is usually a season written off to learning, and it is normally described that way in advance by everybody except the rider.

The championship was decided at the Türkiye GP on 5 and 6 September, with two rounds of the calendar still to run. It is his third MXGP title and his sixth world championship.

The switch is the part that will be remembered. The rest of the grid spent the winter assuming the first year would be a transition.

THE PADDOCK

Four factory teams, one drum

Honda HRC is one of four factory MXGP operations running the same fuel. Yamaha, TM Moto and Bud Racing run it too, which is an unusual arrangement in a paddock where most technical inputs are a point of difference between manufacturers.

What it means in practice is that, for those four teams, the fuel is not a variable anybody is tuning around. It is a constant, and the engineering argument happens everywhere else.

Who Races It

THE RIDER

Jeffrey Herlings#84 Honda HRC

2026 MXGP World Champion, clinched at the Türkiye GP on 5–6 September with two rounds still to run.
First season on Honda, after a career on KTM.
Third MXGP title. Sixth world championship overall.