The provisional grid for the Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup is taking shape.

This season, the Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup will be held alongside six weekends of MotoGPComprising between six and eight teams, the championship will contest twelve races in total over the season, in Europe and North America.

The race weekends will follow this format: Free Practice 1 and 2 on Friday, Qualifying and Race 1 on Saturday, followed by the MotoGP Sprint and a second race on Sunday. All events will follow this format, with the exception of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. The Italian round will be structured differently: both Free Practice sessions and Qualifying will take place on Friday, while both races will be held on Saturday.

Currently, four teams are confirmed, with Niti Racing being the latest announced participant. This marks the first Indonesian team in MotoGP. They join Saddlemen Race Development (USA), Cecchini Racing Garage (Italy), and Joe Rascal Racing (Australia). The latter has been authorized to field not two, but three riders for the inaugural season of the category. The grid thus comprises nine riders, pending further announcements, and the provisional rider list is expected to be revealed in the coming weeks.

Ticket sales for the Harley-Davidson championship are now open; tickets can be found on each circuit's website:

• United States – Americas Circuit (Austin): March 27–29
• Italy – Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello: May 29–31
• Netherlands – TT Circuit Assen: June 26–28
• Great Britain – Silverstone: August 7–9
• Aragón (Spain) – MotorLand Aragon: August 28–30
• Austria – Red Bull Ring: September 18–20 (final)

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