Key players in the MotoGP rider market have decided. What about the other 10?

Ten riders are still franti൲c♉ally trying to sort their MotoGP futures

Miguel Oliveira, MotoGP race, Spanish MotoGP, 28 April
Miguel Oliveira, MotoGP race, Spanish MotoGP, 28 April

The biggest names - and the priority for MotoGP tea🔴ms - have decided their future for next season.

But the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 MotoGP rider line-up remains incomplete.

Pecc🐟o Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo and Pedro Acosta signed new deals ♈with Ducati, Yamaha and KTM respectively.

Marc Marquez won the battle for the official Ducati causing Jorge Martin to sign🤪 for Aprilia, and Enea Bastianini for K🎃TM.

We know 🎀Aleix Espargaro🥀 is retiring while Luca Marini and Brad Binder already had long-term contracts.

But 10 riders are still undec🐟ided. What is their fate?

Alex Rins (Yamaha)

Alex🐼 Rins spent one year at LCR Honda, and this is his fi༒rst year with Yamaha, so might not fancy moving again.

Yamaha might noไt have competitive machinery this year but his environment might become more appealing in 2025 and beyond.

If Yamaha succe🔴ed in adding a satellite team, they hope it will aid the development of their entire project.

It would also represen༺t a new 🗹team which Rins could be placed into, should Yamaha opt for a new teammate for Fabio Quartararo.

A six-time MotoGP winner - including, remarkably with hindsight, last season for Honda in Austin - Rins retains a good reputation even if he suffered a terrible broken leg last y🌠ear.

Joan Mir (Repsol Honda)

Joan Mir seemed the likeliest of the out-of-contract rider﷽s to seek new employment in 2025.

He has made it abundaꦦntly clear how difficult the past year-and-a-half has been, since swapping Suzuki for𒀰 the mis-firing Honda.

But surprisingly it has now been confirmed that his No 1 optio🗹n is to stay.

Hiജs manager Paco Sanchez told ltxcn.top: “From the start of the season, Joan’s priority was to extend his contract with HRC.

“Although the bike isn’t competitive at the moment, Joan doesn’t like to exit from the back door. He likes to figh෴t and help them to build a competitive bike.

“But we did𒁃n’t sign any agre🦹ement yet. We’re negotiating, and I hope we could reach an agreement during next weeks.”

Jack Miller (KTM)

Jack Miller initially lost hಌis factory KTM seat to the hugely impressive Acostaಌ, a decision which even he admitted was fair enough.

More gallingly, he also m💃issed out on the Tech3 KTM team. They have recruited Maverick Vinales and Bastianini instead.

It means Miller, after a two-year stint with KTM, is on the lookout for a👍 new seat.

🔜Worryinglꦑy, he has been most strongly linked with Honda.

But if Mir does sign a new deal, as he claims he wants to do, then that completes Repsol Honda’s line-up. LCR’s Johann Zarco ꦯis also confirmed, all-but closing Honda’s door to Miller.

Still, the experienced Australian has been hugely credited by KTM bosses for his development of their bike. Two years ago i🌠t was nowhere near as coveted as🥃 it is today.

That work should earn M♔iller a reprieve at another team even if his options are slim.

The new-look Yamaha satel🐼lite team (if it happens) will provide hope.

Trackhouse and Gresini are outside bets.

Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati)

🐟The future of Alex Marquez has barely been mentionedꦓ throughout silly season.

The focus has been on his brother’s exit from their shared box, and towards theღ official Ducati team.

Th🎃ere is very little reason to believe Alex Marquez will follow him away.

There are also no clearly more att൲ractive opportunities elsewher𝔉e for him.

Already embedded with Gresini for a ye♛ar longer than Marc, Alex is likely🤪 to stay for 2025.

It would represent his ri🔜se to a clear ‘team leader’ status perhaps for the first time in his MotoGP career.

Franco Morbidelli (Pramac)

Franco Morbidelli saw a rough☂ time with Yamaha ended unceremoniously last year, before his debut year with Pramac was damaged by an injury in preseason testing.

With just a one-year deal offering little protection, his future is once again at sta🅠ke.

Add into the mix Pramac’s decision of whether to remain with Ducati or move to Yam♑aha.

Moving to Yamaha would mean a closed door to Morbidell🌳i.

But VR46 a🃏re an obvious - and very attractiv🎶e - option for him.

Need𒁃ing a replacement for the outgoing Marco🔯 Bezzecchi, VR46 could recruit Morbidelli to maintain the harmony of the Academy-based feel.

A P7 in Le Mans and a P6 at Mugelꩵlo, in two of the past three grands prix, was a reminder that Morbidelli has adapted to the Ducati and can be a threat closer to the front of the pack.

Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46)

Fabio di Giannantonio joined VR46 this ♊year on a one-year deal.

Ho🀅nda have fleetingly been attributed wit🍌h an interest in him for 2025.

But🔯 Di Giannantonio♏ has offered consistently good results for Valentino Rossi’s team this year.

He has been inside the top 10 in every grand priꦏx of the season.

VR46, already losing Be🌟zzecchi, won’t want to recruit two new riders so keeping Di Giannantonio (who spent two years on a Ducati with Gresin꧂i, and won the Qatar MotoGP last season) should be a no-brainer.

Miguel Oliveira (Trackhouse)

There is worrying silence aroundও the future of Miguel Oliveira.

The rebrand of Trackhouse has cr🍬eated whispers that they d🎉ream of an American rider.

Currentl𝕴y being out-performed by teammate Raul Fernandez, Oliveira’s place in 2025🎃 is far from certain.

He hasn’t repeated his race-winning exploi꧟ts from his KTM days since jumping onto an Aprilia last season.

Now in his sixth season in the premier class, Oliveira will be wa๊ry that alternatives are narrowin🤪g should Trackhouse decide to look elsewhere.

He is among the riders who might hope a ne🐬w Yamaha satellite team offers fresh hope.

Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse)

Raul Fernandez is less experienced than teammate Oliveira but his current bette꧅rꦕ form has put him in good stead to earn a new contract from Trackhouse.

Now Aprilia’s𝕴 factory duo is sorted, attention will turn to locking down Tra🧸ckhouse’s chosen riders.

But all the whispers surround🅰ing MotoGP suggest that Fernandez is on course to stay.

“The situation is quite hectic🔜 at the moment inside the paddock,”ꩲ team manager Wilco Zeelenberg said.

“Everybody’s silly season is still going🔯 on and I think all the riders are ready to give everything for the upcoming two rounds ahead of the summer break.”

Augusto Fernandez (Tech3)

Arguably the most at-risk rider in MotoGP today is 🙈Augusto Fern🌠andez.

He has been decimated by teammate Acosta this season - when hindsight 🐻kicks in, that will be because the rookie is a very special talent. But it doesn’t look good for Fernandez now.

Te🦄ch3 KTM’s new-look duo for 2025 has no place for Fernandez who is desperately on the hunt for a new 🐼home.

The lowest-placed KTM rider in the MotoGP standings so far, only a brave man would bet on 🐲Fernandez retaining his premier class place next year.

A move into World Superbikes has been mooted.

“We don’t need to sugarcoat it. It was always cl🌜ea⭕r,” executive board member at Pierer Mobility Hubert Trunkenpolz told .

“Either Augusto delivers some♏thing quite extraordinary in the first races of 2024, or it’s over.”

Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda)

Nak𓆉agami’s future is routinely debated at this stage of the year.

Again, poor results can be attributed🍒 to the below-par machine he is stuck with.

Nakagami is, at least, out-performing factory rider Luca Marini in the MotoGP standings. But he is als🃏o significantly more experienced on the Honda, and Marini is protected by a long-term deal.

Honda’s ideal solut🐲ion is💯 to have a Japanese rider to represent the Japanese brand.

The problem for Nakagami iꦉs that Ai Ogur♛a is developing nicely in Moto2.

Ogura wasn’t deemed ready a year ago. But recently he won the Mot💎o2 grand prix in Barcelona, and was runner-up in Le Mans.

Na✨kagami could find himself 💧replaced by the younger talent from Japan.

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