MotoGP 2027 Rider Market: The Grid Is Complete
Tech3’s signing of Senna Agius closes out the 22-rider 2027 line-up ahead of the sport’s 850cc era. Acosta to Ducati, Bagnaia to Aprilia, Martín to Yamaha, Quartararo to Honda — here is every confirmed seat.
MotoGP 2027 Grid Is Complete
Tech3’s Agius signing closes the 22-rider line-up. Every confirmed seat for the 850cc era.
The 2027 MotoGP rider market has reached its conclusion. With Red Bull KTM Tech3 confirming Moto2 star Senna Agius alongside Luca Marini, the 22-rider grid for the start of the sport’s new 850cc era is now essentially complete — one of the most comprehensive reshuffles in the championship’s modern history, triggered by the commercial agreement covering 2027 to 2031.
Four factory moves define it: Pedro Acosta to Ducati, Francesco Bagnaia to Aprilia, Jorge Martín to Yamaha, and Fabio Quartararo to Honda. Below is the confirmed grid team by team, the five rookies stepping up, the established names losing full-time seats, and the two allocation questions that remain.
The Grid That Closed With Agius
Tech3’s confirmation of Senna Agius was the signing that completed the picture. The Australian — the sport’s fifth confirmed rookie for 2027 — joins Luca Marini at the KTM satellite squad, which has itself been confirmed to continue with KTM machinery on a multi-year deal. With that seat filled, every one of the eleven teams on the 2027 grid has a named line-up, give or take two allocation calls Honda still has to make.
This has been building all season. The signing of MotoGP’s new commercial agreement at the Brno Grand Prix opened the floodgates, and manufacturers have since locked in riders for the switch to 850cc machinery — a technical reset significant enough that development laps on the new bikes are already being weighed as carefully as the contracts themselves.
The Full Confirmed 2027 MotoGP Grid
| Team | Rider 1 | Rider 2 | Bike |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ducati Lenovo Team | Marc Márquez | Pedro Acosta | Ducati |
| Aprilia Racing | Marco Bezzecchi | Francesco Bagnaia | Aprilia |
| Monster Energy Yamaha | Jorge Martín | Ai Ogura | Yamaha |
| Honda HRC Castrol | Fabio Quartararo | Alonso or Moreira | Honda |
| Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | Álex Márquez | Fabio Di Giannantonio | KTM |
| BK8 Gresini Racing | Joan Mir | Daniel Holgado | Ducati |
| Pertamina Enduro VR46 | Fermín Aldeguer | Nicolò Bulega | Ducati |
| SuperFile Trackhouse | Raúl Fernández | Enea Bastianini | Aprilia |
| Prima Pramac Yamaha | Toprak Razgatlıoğlu | Izan Guevara | Yamaha |
| Castrol Honda LCR | Johann Zarco | Moreira or Alonso | Honda |
| Red Bull KTM Tech3 | Luca Marini | Senna Agius NEW | KTM |
Eleven teams, twenty-two seats. The only unresolved element is which of Honda’s two young signings — David Alonso or Diogo Moreira — takes the factory HRC seat alongside Quartararo, and which goes to LCR alongside Zarco. Both are contracted; only the allocation is pending.
The Four Factory Moves That Reshaped Everything
Martín leaves Aprilia for Yamaha → Aprilia signs Bagnaia from Ducati → Ducati’s vacant seat goes to Acosta from KTM → KTM’s factory seats go to Álex Márquez and Di Giannantonio → and Quartararo, displaced at Yamaha by Martín, lands at Honda. One title-winner’s move set off the entire chain.
The other confirmed factory-adjacent moves round out the picture. Gresini pairs former World Champion Joan Mir with rookie Daniel Holgado on Ducati machinery. VR46 keeps Fermín Aldeguer and adds WorldSBK championship leader Nicolò Bulega. Trackhouse retains Raúl Fernández through 2028 and adds Enea Bastianini. Pramac keeps Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and promotes Izan Guevara.
The Class of 2027 — Five Rookies
The 2027 reset brings an unusually large intake of new full-time riders — five confirmed rookies stepping up to the premier class, drawn from Moto2, Moto3’s graduate pool and, notably, WorldSBK.
| Rider | Team | Bike | Coming from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senna Agius LATEST | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | Moto2 |
| Nicolò Bulega | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | Ducati | WorldSBK |
| Daniel Holgado | BK8 Gresini Racing | Ducati | Moto2 / Moto3 |
| David Alonso | Honda (HRC or LCR) | Honda | Moto2 |
| Izan Guevara | Prima Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha | Moto2 |
The most eye-catching rookie is Nicolò Bulega, who arrives from World Superbike as its reigning championship leader to partner Fermín Aldeguer at VR46 on a Ducati. His move continues a notable trend of WorldSBK talent crossing into MotoGP, following Toprak Razgatlıoğlu’s switch to Pramac — two of the production-racing world’s biggest names now on the Grand Prix grid.
The established names losing full-time seats
A reset this size inevitably pushes experienced riders out. Among those confirmed as losing full-time rides for 2027 are Franco Morbidelli, Maverick Viñales, Álex Rins and Jack Miller. Rins, alongside Quartararo, was officially confirmed by Yamaha as not part of its future project. It is the kind of clear-out that accompanies a major regulation change, as teams gamble on youth for the start of a new technical cycle.
What’s Still Open
With the grid otherwise settled, the last genuine question is Honda’s. The manufacturer has signed both David Alonso — a recent multi-year deal — and Diogo Moreira, who is already in the first year of his own HRC contract. What Honda has not confirmed is which rider partners Quartararo at the factory HRC Castrol team and which lines up at Castrol Honda LCR alongside Johann Zarco.
The rider question sits alongside a leadership change at HRC. Alberto Puig is leaving his role as team manager to become an advisor, with Mikihiko Kawase stepping in. That transition — new team boss, two young riders to place, and a returning star in Quartararo — makes Honda the most in-flux factory operation heading into the 850cc era.
Beyond Honda’s allocation, the grid is set. Tech3’s confirmation of Agius removed the last open seat that had a genuine field of candidates, and every other team has published a named pairing.
Meanwhile, the 2026 Title Fight
The rider market has run alongside one of the closest championships in years. At the San Marino Grand Prix, Marc Márquez won at Misano after pole-sitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out on lap one — his 78th premier-class victory, completing what MotoGP called the largest points-deficit comeback in the championship’s history: a 102-point gap just seven rounds earlier, now the championship lead.
Márquez is level on points with Jorge Martín at the top, ahead on countback thanks to his greater number of wins. The next round is the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring — Round 15 of the season — with the title fight, in MotoGP’s own words, “neck-and-neck at the top.” Full detail is in our San Marino GP report.
The riders defining the current title fight are the same ones about to change colours. Márquez stays at Ducati; Acosta joins him there from KTM; Álex Márquez moves the other way to KTM; Bagnaia — struggling in 2026 — heads to Aprilia; and Martín, level at the top, is off to Yamaha. The championship being decided now will be contested by a substantially rearranged grid in just over a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
A grid rebuilt from the ground up
It is hard to overstate how thoroughly the 2027 line-up has been rewritten. Two of the last three World Champions have swapped manufacturers. The sport’s most coveted young rider has taken the seat of a double champion, who has in turn displaced a title-winner at another factory. Five rookies arrive, including a WorldSBK championship leader. And all of it lands on new 850cc machinery under a commercial deal stretching to 2031.
The completion of the grid with Senna Agius closes a rider market that has run for most of 2026. What remains is Honda’s internal decision on Alonso and Moreira — and then the long wait to see whether the gambles teams have taken on youth and on switching stars between factories pay off when the new formula arrives.
We update this page as the final allocations are confirmed. For the championship being decided right now, our San Marino GP report and Formula 1 standings hub track the seasons these riders are still fighting.
