MotoGP 2025 Grid: The Riders Confirmed To Date
Marc Marquez will be the star of a MotoGP 2025 entry list that is largely unlike its predecessor.
The majority of the entry list has been completed, and all factory rides have officially been taken up. However, there are still some questions about satellite teams, especially Yamaha’s new partner Pramac.
OFFICIAL TEAMS
DUCATI
Pecco Bagnaia (Italy, born 1997)
Marc Marquez (Spain, 1993)
Marc Marquez will join the factory team of the most successful MotoGP manufacturer over the past few years. This combination, with Pecco Bagnaia as a franchise rider, is a potentially explosive one.
Even after the crash in Jerez, Marquez and Bagnaia have maintained a cordial relationship. However, Bagnaia’s position as Valentino Rossi’s most successful protégé is an important context.
Even without this context, it is clear that these two riders will be heading into 2025 with a single goal: to win the title. But they cannot both achieve it.
HONDA
Luca Marini (Italy, 1997)
Joan Mir (Spain 1997)
Luca Marini is the fourth fastest Honda rider in 2024 – both for the LCR satellite team and the Honda Works team. But, a premature termination of the original deal signed by the two parties to cover ’24 and ’25, would be out of the question, given his recent progress.
Marini is valued for his development skills and his reassuring pragmatist presence.
Re-signed with Honda, despite the lack of progress that was evident. They signed a two-year contract extension.
YAMAHA
Fabio Quartararo (France, 1999)
Alex Rins, (Spain 1995)
Although things may not be going so well, Yamaha has completed its silly season mission in 2024 by holding on to Fabio Quartararo who broke a five-year title streak for the factory in 2021.
Alex Rins, the incumbent partner of Quartararo, has been confirmed to stay on after summer break.
APRILIA
Jorge Martin (Spain 1998)
Marco Bezzecchi (Italy, 1998)
Martin, who had been rejected by Ducati’s factory team, immediately signed with Aprilia, becoming its largest free agent in history. He may even bring his champion’s plate along with him.
Martin is the direct replacement of his friend Aleix Espargaro who will be leaving full-time racing at the end of the year and joining Honda as a development rider.
Aprilia, on the other side, had stated that they would continue to work with Maverick Vinales, but Vinales had other plans, signing a contract with Tech3 KTM.
Aprilia shifted its focus to Marco Bezzecchi after Enea Bastiani was ruled out of the picture. This meant that Aprilia could now complete a new line-up created by current Ducati satellite riders.
KTM
Pedro Acosta (Spain, 2004)
Brad Binder (South Africa 1995)
Pedro Acosta has proven himself as a transformative talent in MotoGP. His performance as a rookie rider is already a testament to his abilities. A multi-year contract and a promotion from satellite outfit Tech3 to the factory team by 2025 will be the easiest decision KTM ever makes.
Acosta has made Brad Binder, KTM’s former standard-bearer who earned a contract renewal in 2023, look a little less impressive. KTM even left the possibility of Binder moving to Tech3 slightly open.
Acosta is the most likely candidate to win a KTM title, perhaps even as soon as 2025.
SATELLITE TEAMS
VR46
Fabio di Giannantonio (Italy, 1998)
Franco Morbidelli (Italy, 1994) – provisional
Fabio di Giovannintonio, the current VR46 rider, will receive a 2025-spec Ducati that is available to a satellite squad next year. This brand-new deal comes for a rider whose MotoGP future was in doubt at this time last season.
Ducati also announced that the current Pramac rider Franco Morbidelli would stay with them by switching to VR46 on a bike spec 2024. This was always expected given his long association and relationship with Valentino Rossi, but it now appears justified based on his recent form.
Gresini
Alex Marquez (Spain, 1996)
Fermin Aledguer (Spain 2005) – provisional
Fermin Aldeguer, Ducati’s newly signed, 19-year-old brought in after a mesmerising finish to the Moto2 campaign last year, was always going to ride for one Ducati satellite team.
Normally, this would have been Pramac. However, Ducati’s longtime second-in-command team is leaving for Yamaha. The news that VR46 will likely be full also means Aldeguer has moved to Gresini.
Alex Marquez, whose brother Marc is leaving the Gresini satellite team, is the only rider confirmed to be at either Ducati team.
PRAMAC
TBC
TBC
It’s not clear who will get the Yamahas.
Di Giannantonio is a target but wants to ride on winning machines in 2025, and a Pramac Yamaha will not be it. It was therefore unlikely that he would be able to sign a deal before the news broke of a new VR46 deal and a 2025-spec Ducati.
It is believed that the company will also consider rising stars from outside MotoGP, such as Sergio Garcia and Alonso Lopez.
LCR HONDA
Johann Zarco (France, 1990)
TBC
Johann Zarco had a mostly fruitless season in his first year with LCR but was going to remain with the team until 2025. In the interim, he has also claimed the Suzuka 8 Hours with Honda.
The Japanese Idemitsu sponsor is on the other side of LCR’s garage, so it will continue to need a Japanese rider.
Takaaki has met the requirements since his MotoGP debut. His re-signing is becoming more likely, particularly if Ogura, a potential replacement for Takaaki at Trackhouse heads there.
TECH3
Enea Bastianini (Italy, 1997)
Maverick Vinales (Spain, 1995)
Bastianini, Vinales and the new 2025 team line-up have been revealed. This coincides with the return of the team to being identified as a KTM satellite operation instead of carrying the colours for fellow Pierer Mobility Group Brand Gas Gas.
Bastianini always seemed to fall back on a KTM seat when he didn’t get his Ducati ride, but Vinales’s attraction is more surprising given that his Aprilia contract renewal was the best option for both parties.
Jack Miller and Augusto Fernandez are now out of work as both Tech3 riders have been replaced by grand-prix winners from other manufacturers.
TRACKHOUSE
Raul Fernandez (Spain, 2000)
TBC
Raul Fernandez, the new rider for MotoGP, has been re-signed by the team.
It is becoming more likely that his team-mate Oliveira will leave, which could theoretically open the seat up for a promotion to American Moto2 frontrunner Joe Roberts.
Miller was the sole candidate to fill this seat if it wasn’t filled by an experienced driver. Now it appears that the seat might be filled by a Moto2 graduate – Ai Ogura, rather than Roberts.