MotoGP 2026: Who's Staying, Who's Going?
E
very year, the MotoGP "silly
season" gets longer and
longer, but it at last seems we
have close to the finalized grid
for 2026.
Starting at the top, Marc Mar
-
quez and Francesco Bagnaia are
unsurprisingly both locked in at
the factory Ducati squad.
The 2026 season will be
make-or-break for Bagnaia after
his so far dismal showing this
season, with rumors circulating
that 2025 rookie sensation and
Marc Marquez protege Fermin
Aldeguer is trying to grab Bag
-
naia's seat for 2027 when the
new 850cc regulations kick in.
At the factory Honda HRC
Castrol team, both Luca Marini
and Joan Mir have been re-
tained, while over at Monster
Energy Yamaha, Fabio Quar-
tararo is confirmed and looks
all but assured to be partnered
once again by Alex Rins, despite
his consistently low finishing
positions in 2025, the Spaniard
having never fully recovered
from the terrible leg injuries suf
-
fered in 2023.
Red Bull KTM has Pedro
Acosta and Brad Binder retained,
the latter in a similar position to
Bagnaia as he tries to keep his
place safe from several potential
suitors coming from Moto2.
Tech3 KTM will once again
run Enea Bastianini and Maver
-
ick Vinales, both riders suffering
various injuries during 2025, but
both are now happy with their
new non-factory team surround-
ings.
At Aprilia, current number one
Jorge Martin will race for the
team in 2026 after a nightmare
start that's seen him suffer three
separate injuries, his season
only starting to get going at the
recent Czech MotoGP round. He
will be partnered by one of the
stars of 2025 so far in current
teammate Marco Bezzecchi.
WIND
IN THE
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Much of the grid remains the same, but
there are some notable arrivals for the
2026 MotoGP grid, including Toprak
Razgatlioglu and Diogo Moreira.
