Marc VDS has introduced the signing of Aron Canet for the 2026 season on a multi-year contract.
The assertion asserting the signature of the Spanish rider from Marc VDS solely mentions that he’ll be part of the “Elf Marc VDS undertaking ranging from 2026”, with no particular point out of Moto2, though with the group anticipated to solely discipline one bike in WorldSBK subsequent 12 months, to be piloted by Sam Lowes.
The Belgian group can be Canet’s fourth within the intermediate grand prix class, after driving for Aspar, Pons, and now the Fantic squad. It’s a transfer that may imply a return to the Boscoscuro chassis, which the Valencian final rode in 2021 with the Aspar squad.
Canet presently sits second within the 2025 Moto2 riders’ standings, 25 factors behind Manuel Gonzalez forward of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. The 2026 season would be the 25-year-old’s eighth within the Moto2 World Championship.
Canet is predicted to exchange Jake Dixon within the Belgian group’s Moto2 squad, with the British rider anticipated to hitch Honda’s World Superbike undertaking subsequent season though his departure from Marc VDS has not but been confirmed.
Canet himself was rumoured to be heading to WorldSBK in 2026 with BMW, which lately signed Danilo Petrucci to exchange the MotoGP-bound Toprak Razgatlioglu. The affirmation of Canet’s non-arrival at BMW for subsequent 12 months theoretically strengthens the place of Michael van der Mark within the Bavarian squad, though a renewal for the Dutchman has not but been signed and isn’t a certainty.
Though he won’t be heading there for subsequent season, Canet’s transfer inside Moto2 retains the WorldSBK door open for him past subsequent 12 months due to Marc VDS’s presence within the manufacturing spinoff paddock, the place in 2026 it contest its third season with the Ducati Panigale and the aforementioned Lowes.
