{"id":717659,"date":"2026-06-05T20:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717659\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:59:11","slug":"trackhouse-really-close-to-2027-motogp-rider-management-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717659\/","title":{"rendered":"Trackhouse \u201creally close\u201d to 2027 MotoGP rider, management decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trackhouse owner Justin Marks says the team&#8217;s 2027 MotoGP rider line-up and new management structure should become clear within the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/trackhouse-motogp-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trackhouse<\/a> requires at least one new rider due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1043649\/ai-ogura\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ai Ogura&#8217;s<\/a> departure and must also appoint a replacement for team principal Davide Brivio.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a media call on Friday to announce new title sponsor Superfile, Marks revealed discussions are reaching their conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1314587_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Justin Marks, 2026 Catalan MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Justin Marks, 2026 Catalan MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sort of kicked into high gear basically when the conversations with Davide\u2019s future started just a few weeks ago,\u201d Marks said.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of movement in the rider market and we\u2019ve got talent to solve for on the team side obviously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say we\u2019re probably 75% of the way there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re really close in getting our rider line-up and management solidified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would suspect that there\u2019s going to be a very clear picture of the future of this team within the next 10-14 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019re very excited. It\u2019s all really good things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1319138_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Raul Fernandez, 2026 Italian MotoGP Sprint.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Raul Fernandez, 2026 Italian MotoGP Sprint.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>The latest rumours suggest<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/973238\/enea-bastianini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Enea Bastianini <\/a>will take on one of the Trackhouse Aprilias, with former Pramac and KTM team manager Francesco Guidotti linked to the team principal role.<\/p>\n<p>However, the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/995154\/raul-fernandez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raul Fernandez <\/a>&#8211; who claimed the team\u2019s only grand prix victory so far at Phillip Island last season, then took a Sprint victory at Mugello last weekend &#8211; remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Ogura is due to join Yamaha next season, with Brivio is taking on a senior role at HRC, although both those deals are still officially to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trackhouse owner Justin Marks says the team&#8217;s 2027 MotoGP rider line-up and new management structure should become clear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[34422,64,63,101326,806,805,803,804,13147,85,113427],"class_list":["post-717659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-ai-ogura","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-enea-bastianini","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-raul-fernandez","tag-sports","tag-trackhouse-motogp-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717659","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=717659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}