With the 2025 MotoGP season slowly coming to an end and all three championships already decided, attention has long turned to next year’s grid.
The 2026 ‘silly season’ was quieter than expected – most contracts carried over into MotoGP’s last 1000cc season in 2026.
Yet, there are two exciting new rookie signings, one already being a three-time World Champion. Here’s the full confirmed 2026 MotoGP line-up for every team:
Ducati Factory Team
Marc Marquez: End of 2026
Francesco Bagnaia: End of 2026
Ducati’s 2025 “dream team” of Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez will be teaming up on the red Ducati in 2026 as well, both being contracted to Ducati until the end of 2026.
Contrary to a Marquez extension, which likely will be just a matter of whether the Spaniard wants to continue, Pecco Bagnaia’s Ducati future past 2026 is all but certain, given the three-time World Champion has been underperforming in 2025.
Gresini Racing
Alex Marquez: End of 2026
Fermin Aldeguer: End of 2026
Both Gresini Racing riders will continue with the team in 2026. Alex Marquez, contracted to the team until the end of the ’26 season, will upgrade to a factory-supported GP26 next year.
Fermin Aldeguer, having secured a two-year Ducati contract to join MotoGP in 2025, will have to swap his GP24 for a then-one-year-old GP25. The Spaniard has an option for two further years on Ducati machinery in his contract.
VR46 Racing Team
Fabio di Giannantonio: End of 2026
Franco Morbidelli: End of 2026
Both Franco Morbidelli and Fabio di Giannantonio will stay with VR46 Racing for 2026. The latter, keeping his factory-support status on a contract with Ducati, will jump on the then-current-spec GP26 next year.
Franco Morbidelli will face an uphill battle in 2026, his one-year contract extension marking the start of what could be his last year in the premier class.
Given the difficulty of finding a seat outside the VR46 structure for 2026, and Morbidelli not living up to the potential of the GP24 he’s riding this season, one could imagine a scenario in which 2026 is the Italian’s last season in the premier class.
Aprilia Racing
Jorge Martin: “Multi-year”
Marco Bezzecchi: “Multi-year”
Having gotten the chance to secure what is their strongest MotoGP line-up ever in 2025, both of Aprilia’s riders will stay with the team for at least another year.
Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi joined the Noale outfit on “multi-year” contracts, likely running until the end of 2026 with some sort of extension options.
A glance at the trajectory of the Aprilia project in 2025, and a close look at the statements by team manager Massimo Rivola, one might conclude that the Italians will fight for the World Championship with both of their riders in 2026.
Trackhouse Racing
Raul Fernandez: End of 2026
Ai Ogura: End of 2026
Trackhouse started the 2025 season with both Raul Fernandez and MotoGP rookie Ai Ogura locked in for two years.
The US-based team ensured that with multi-year contract deals, both their drivers would remain with Trackhouse in 2026.
KTM Factory Racing
Pedro Acosta: “Multi-year”
Brad Binder: End of 2026
Both factory KTM riders, Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta, are contracted to the Austrian outfit until at least the end of 2026.
Earlier in 2025, rumours of a possible Acosta move away from KTM to VR46 Racing had emerged, but have since died down and were officially put to rest by Franco Morbidelli’s extension with the Italian team.
The very existence of said VR46 rumours suggests Acosta might have an option to step away from his KTM contract, potentially on performance terms.
KTM Tech3
Maverick Vinales: End of 2026
Enea Bastianini: End of 2026
Just like the KTM factory team, KTM Tech3 secured both its riders, Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini, for 2025 & 2026.
Honda HRC
Joan Mir: End of 2026
Luca Marini: End of 2026
Being in the midst of their rebuild after the Marquez era, Honda locked down Joan Mir and Luca Marini until the end of 2026.
Arguably, neither of the two being the ‘superstar’ rider Honda management would want in MotoGP’s most iconic team, it’s hard to see both of them keeping their seat past that.
Adding to that is Diogo Moreira’s new 2+1 contract, reportedly including an option for him to move up into the factory team.
LCR Honda
Johann Zarco: End of 2027
Diogo Moreira: “Multi-year”
LCR Honda confirmed its complete line-up for the 2026 MotoGP season, retaining Johann Zarco and promoting rookie Diogo Moreira to the premier class.
Zarco will continue with the Castrol-branded side of the garage, extending his contract with HRC until the end of 2027.
The French rider joined LCR in 2024 and has provided valuable experience in developing Honda’s new prototype.
Moreira steps up to MotoGP after a strong (potentially title-winning) campaign in Moto2, joining the Idemitsu side of the team on a “multi-year” deal with HRC, reported to run through 2028 and include an option for him to move up into the factory team.
The 20-year-old Brazilian becomes one of the youngest riders on the 2026 grid and the first from his country in MotoGP since Alex Barros.
Yamaha MotoGP Team
Fabio Quartararo: End of 2026
Alex Rins: End of 2026
Monster Energy Yamaha confirmed it will retain its current line-up of Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins for the 2026 MotoGP season. Both riders remain under contract until the end of next year as part of Yamaha’s long-term rebuilding programme.
Quartararo signed a multi-year extension back in 2024, set to end after the 2026 season.
Rins will stay alongside him for a second season after joining from Honda, having shown flashes of pace throughout 2025 despite the M1’s ongoing competitiveness issues.
Pramac Yamaha
Jack Miller: End of 2026
Toprak Razgatlioglu: End of 2027
Arguably *the* signing of the year is three-time WorldSBK Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu. The Turk swaps the BMW WorldSBK factory team for a two-year Yamaha contract.
Rumors suggest that after a year in the Pramac satellite team, Razgatlioglu could be bound for a place in the Yamaha factory team.
Joining the 29-year-old will be MotoGP veteran Jack Miller. Following an extended evaluation period between the Aussie and Miguel Oliveira, Miller ultimately secured the seat as his Portuguese 2025 teammate makes the swap over to WorldSBK to replace Razgatlioglu in the BMW team.
Miller brings V4 experience from multiple factory programmes and is expected to play a key role in developing Yamaha’s all-new V4-powered M1 before the regulatiion change in 2027.
2026 MotoGP Line Up - Overview
