There could be major changes to the Gresini and VR46 MotoGP rider line-ups for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n
While Gresini’s reigning title runner-up Alex Marquez<\/a> has long been linked to a factory KTM<\/a> seat, team-mate Fermin Aldeguer <\/a>might also be on the move.<\/p>\n Although Ducati is certain to take up its option on Aldeguer, a race winner in his rookie MotoGP<\/a> season, AS.com reports that the Spaniard will be placed at VR46, Ducati\u2019s factory-supported satellite team.<\/p>\n Aldeguer is making his 2026 debut this weekend in Goiania, after missing pre-season testing and the Thai Grand Prix due to a femur fracture in winter training.<\/p>\n Should he join Valentino Rossi\u2019s team, Aldeguer would become the first non-Italian to race for VR46, with either Fabio di Giannantonio or Franco Morbidelli needing to make way.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n VR46 had targeted KTM star Pedro Acosta<\/a>, but the current championship leader is widely expected to join the factory Ducati team alongside Marc Marquez<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gresini has won MotoGP races with all five riders it has signed since switching from Aprilia to Ducati machinery in 2022, while also providing a pathway for Enea Bastianini and Marquez to join the factory Lenovo team.<\/p>\n AS.com adds that not only is Gresini\u2019s 2027 rider line-up unclear, but the team is yet to officially extend its Ducati contract.<\/p>\n Aldeguer and Morbidelli are the only Ducati riders not competing on factory-spec GP26 machinery this season. However, sweeping technical changes mean all riders will start on new bikes for the new 850cc era.<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There could be major changes to the Gresini and VR46 MotoGP rider line-ups for the 2027 season. While…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[8454,64,63,17197,15118,12370,23688,8455,806,805,803,804,15119,85],"class_list":["post-553829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-alex-marquez","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati","tag-fabio-di-giannantonio","tag-fermin-aldeguer","tag-franco-morbidelli","tag-gresini-racing-motogp","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-pertamina-enduro-vr46-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553829","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=553829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}