{"id":784494,"date":"2026-07-07T09:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/784494\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:26:13","slug":"motogp-2027-rider-line-up-the-official-announcements-so-far-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/784494\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP 2027 rider line-up: the official announcements so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we tick off rounds in 2026, more and more news is coming out with regards to 2026. We stick to the facts so far and put all the teams latest news in one place so you can familiarise yourself with who is in what colours for next year. We\u2019ll keep updating it in real time too, making sure you\u2019re as up-to-date as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CONFIRMED &#8211;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DUCATI LENOVO TEAM<\/p>\n<p>The reigning World Champions will retain their very own reigning World Champion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/06\/21\/marc-marquez-confirmed-with-the-ducati-lenovo-team-in-2027-and-2028\/1074782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Marc Marquez until at least 2028<\/a>. The Spaniard will have a new teammate though in Pedro Acosta, who moves from KTM machinery<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/02\/03\/confirmed-acosta-joins-marc-marquez-at-ducati-for-2027-and-2028\/1074819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">. \u2018The Shark\u2019 will also be in Ducati red until at least 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>APRILIA RACING<\/p>\n<p>The current Championship leaders confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/th\/news\/2026\/02\/01\/bezzecchi-renews-with-aprilia-racing-on-multi-year-new-contract\/827205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Marco Bezzecchi on a multi-year deal<\/a> ahead of the Sepang Test at the start of 2026 but his teammate was confirmed at the Dutch GP: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/bagnaia-signs-four-year-aprilia-racing-deal-from-2027\/1074916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Francesco Bagnaia<\/a>. The double World Champion has a four-year deal with the Noale brand.<\/p>\n<p>MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA MOTOGP<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/06\/30\/yamaha-bid-farewell-to-quartararo-and-rins-at-the-end-of-2026\/1075601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins have been officially announced as not part of the project<\/a> from 2027 onwards. In their place, 2024 World Champion Jorge Martin and Japanese sensation \u2013 and newest MotoGP winner \u2013 Ai Ogura. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/07\/01\/martin-and-ogura-confirmed-in-all-new-yamaha-line-up-for-2027-and-2028\/1075825?_gl=1*8damuw*_gcl_au*MjU4MzQyNzEyLjE3Nzk3ODQ0OTA.*_ga*ODAxMDAyMjcwLjE3Mzk4Nzg3Mzk.*_ga_0204YNR4C1*czE3ODI4OTY3OTgkbzkzMSRnMSR0MTc4Mjg5OTUzOSRqMzUkbDAkaDA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Both have contracts until the end of 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BK8 GRESINI RACING MOTOGP<\/p>\n<p>Nadia Padovani\u2019s team have confirmed a full changed line-up for 2027, mixing MotoGP championship-winning pedigree with youth as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/07\/02\/mir-joins-holgado-to-form-fresh-bk8-gresini-racing-motogp-line-up-from-2027\/1076000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joan Mir and upcoming rookie Daniel Holgado<\/a> get set to jump on Ducati machinery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING<\/p>\n<p>Following Pedro Acosta\u2019s departure, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing have announced an all-new lineup for 2027 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/red-bull-ktm-welcomes-alex-marquez-for-2027\/1076392\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Marquez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/red-bull-ktm-confirm-di-giannantonio-alongside-alex-marquez-from-2027\/1076393\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabio Di Giannantonio<\/a> prepare to make the switch to the Austrian manufacturer for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TO BE CONFIRMED &#8211;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CASTROL HONDA LCR<\/p>\n<p>One side of Lucio Cecchinello\u2019s team has already been confirmed and was done so last year, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2025\/09\/01\/zarco-confirmed-with-lcr-for-2026-and-2027\/757853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Johann Zarco penned in for 2027<\/a>. The other side with Pro Honda LCR is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>PERTAMINA ENDURO VR46 RACING TEAM<\/p>\n<p>Valentino Rossi\u2019s outfit currently have the honour of being the top-placed Ducati team in the World Championship standings although no rider line-up has been confirmed. It\u2019s worth noting that \u2018The Doctor\u2019s quip after the Catalan GP to Fabio Di Giannantonio about \u201care you sure you don\u2019t want to stay\u201d didn\u2019t go unnoticed, suggesting the #49 is on the move.<\/p>\n<p>SUPERFILE TRACKHOUSE MOTOGP TEAM<\/p>\n<p>What is 100% confirmed is that Ai Ogura will not be part of the American team\u2019s plans after his new deal with Yamaha. We await confirmation on the line-up at \u2018the house\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>RED BULL KTM TECH3<\/p>\n<p>Nothing has been officially announced regarding Gunther Steiner\u2019s team for 2027, other than the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogp.com\/en\/news\/2026\/05\/16\/tech3-and-ktm-extend-motogp-partnership-from-2027\/1068357\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tech3 will race with KTM machinery from 2027<\/a> and beyond following a multi-year agreement.<\/p>\n<p>HONDA HRC CASTROL<\/p>\n<p>No concrete plans have been confirmed by the Japanese marque; one change is that Alberto Puig will leave his role as team manager and become an advisor, being replaced by Mikihiko Kawase.<\/p>\n<p>PRIMA PRAMAC YAMAHA MOTOGP<\/p>\n<p>Finally, no news for Paolo Campinoti\u2019s team with regards to 2027. Rookie Toprak Razgatlioglu took part in the tyre test on Monday after the Czech GP with the new 850cc prototype; besides that, no indication of who is there in 2027 and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we tick off rounds in 2026, more and more news is coming out with regards to 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-784494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784494","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=784494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}