The 2024 MotoGP will only run 4 series, which means there are 17 more series left. It feels like it’s still a long time before the end of the season, but that’s not the case for the 2025 racer line up strategy. . Everything, including What motorbike will be used, must be prepared well in advance and generally in the middle of the 2024 season everything for the 2025 racer line up must have begun to be confirmed. .
Pecco Bagnaia. The extension of his contract right at the start of the season brings peace and security for the two-time world champion and the factory in Bologna until competition restarts with a new generation of MotoGP bikes from the 2027 season. KTM has also secured the services of Brad Binder to ride the RC16 until the end of 2026.
The Yamaha manufacturer succeeded in convincing Fabio Quartararo to continue cooperation until the end of 2026. Luca Marini and will still be a Honda racer until the end of 2025 with Johann Zarco. Although there is no official signing yet, rookie Pedro Acosta will continue to create an atmosphere on and off the track under his KTM contract until at least 2025.
And in general, currently there are still 16 racers who have not received confirmation of the 2025 Team. . Including big names such as Marc Marquez, Vinales and Jorge Martin. One thing is quite certain: at least one of these 16 racers will no longer be part of the 2025 permanent/regular MotoGP racer line-up. The reason is the early signing of Fermin Aldeguer who will ride the Ducati Desmosedici next year, thus ruling out one of the currently active racers.
In the Ducati camp. Except for Pecco Bagnaia, the other seven racers require new contract approval. Enea Bastianini, Jorge Martin and Franco Morbidelli, are the 2024 Ducati racers who are under direct contract with the manufacturer. Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Márquez Besaudara have contracts with their respective teams.
It is unlikely that rookie Fermin Aldeguer will start his MotoGP career with the factory Ducati team. This is because one place on Pecco’s side is being fought over by three strong racers from Ducati itself: Martin, Bastianini and Marc Marquez. . But that wasn’t enough to leave another headache. .
It is strongly suspected that one of the three Ducati satellite teams will switch manufacturers to Yamaha next year, this change will of course also have an impact on rider contracts. There will be a potential change in status from team-contracted racers to factory-contracted racers. . . or even the status of the Satellite Team itself when one of the three current Ducati Teams moves to Yamaha
Aprilia’s situation is also very interesting. The four riders from both teams – Vinales, Espargaro, Oliveira and Fernandez – have factory contracts which will expire at the end of 2024. Vinales is considered a figure of the future at Aprilia but does not rule out the possibility of leaving for another manufacturer where Honda is rumored to be eager to propose to Maverick; Aleix Espargaro is still undecided, but will end his long career with Aprilia.
The epicenter of the discussion about the KTM racer line up situation is around the names Augusto Fernandez and Jack Miller. . There is a possibility that these two racers will remain in the Pierer Mobility family, but will become team-mates at GasGas 2025. Both Honda racers, Joan Mir and Taka Nakagami, have the same contract ending at the end of this year. . Mir might be able to stay with HRC if for example Honda fails to win Vinales. . However, it is worth waiting to see whether Nakagami will be exchanged for New Blood Ai Ogura next year.
In the Yamaha camp, Alex Rins’ agreement with the Yamaha camp ends at the end of 2024. The quality of the Spanish racer, who won last year’s race, cannot be doubted and considering that four Yamaha YZR-M1s will compete next year, Alex Rins is expected to be a strong member from negotiations especially to remain on the Yamaha Factory Team.
