BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP have confirmed that Alex Marquez will have a GP26 next season \u2013 a factory spec bike the same as the factory Ducati Lenovo Team pairing of Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia. With 16 Grands Prix completed in 2025 and 21 podiums \u2013 11 in the Tissot Sprint and 10 in Grands Prix, including two wins \u2013 it\u2019s been an impressive year from the #73 in 2025, and he\u2019s racing last year\u2019s GP24.<\/p>\n
Currently, there are three factory spec Ducatis on the grid \u2013 the Ducati Lenovo Team duo, plus the \u2018GP25\u2019 of Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team). Next season it looks set to increase to four, with Alex Marquez\u2019s factory bike seemingly an addition to the ranks rather than a replacement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to be racing on a factory bike with Team Gresini,\u201d says Alex Marquez. \u201cThe team has been working impeccably for a few seasons now, and I believe this is a reward for everyone \u2014 for myself and the whole team. This is another step forward towards our dreams and doing even better in 2026. I\u2019d like to thank Nadia, the team, and of course Gigi and Ducati, who have made me feel important at every moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cThis is news of great importance for Gresini Racing. I would like to thank Ducati and Eng. Dall\u2019Igna for the trust placed in Alex and in our team,\u201d underlines Team Owner Nadia Padovani. \u201cThe results achieved this year, and in previous seasons, have led us to reach this great milestone. We are happy that Alex, starting next year, will ride with a factory bike. As a team, we are ready to take another step toward excellence. 2025 will be an unforgettable year, and we already like 2026 a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlex Marquez\u2019s season has been impressive,\u201d says Luigi Dall\u2019Igna, General Manager, Ducati Corse. \u201cAfter a series of evaluations, Ducati Corse has decided to further increase our support so that the rider and his working group can continue to grow. \u00c1lex is making the most of the Desmosedici GP\u2019s potential, and we are convinced that, with new updates, next year we will continue to improve together. This will be an added value for the whole Ducati family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP have confirmed that Alex Marquez will have a GP26 next season \u2013 a factory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-154735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}