A second seismic team change for Marc Marquez in as many years will headline a 2025 MotoGP entry list largely unrecognisable from its predecessor.
Most of that entry list is now in place, and every factory ride is either officially taken up or expected to be confirmed shortly, but some big questions remain on the satellite team front - especially for Yamaha's new privateer partner Pramac.
Below is the 2025 MotoGP grid as it currently stands.
Factory teams
Ducati
Pecco Bagnaia (Italy, born 1997)
Marc Marquez (Spain, 1993)
The most successful manufacturer in MotoGP for the last few years will welcome a six-time champion into its factory team in Marc Marquez, creating a mouth-watering and potentially volatile combination with established franchise rider Pecco Bagnaia.
Things have remained largely cordial between Marquez and Bagnaia - even after a crash at Jerez - but the latter's status as Marquez arch-rival Valentino Rossi's most successful protege is inescapable context.
However, even without that context, the simple fact is these are two riders who will head into 2025 with the title as their only goal - but they can't both win it.
KTM
Pedro Acosta (Spain, 2004)
Brad Binder (South Africa, 1995)
Pedro Acosta's form as a MotoGP rookie has already confirmed his status as a transcendent talent and a game changer, with a multi-year new contract and a promotion to the factory team for 2025 from satellite outfit Tech3 the easiest rider decision KTM will have ever made.
Acosta's emergence has taken the shine off KTM's previous standard-bearer Brad Binder - who had earned a contract extension back in 2023 - to the point where KTM had even left the door slightly ajar to Binder being shifted into Tech3.
This has not happened, and a Tech3 line-up of two other riders is now in place, but it's Acosta who KTM will see right now as its likeliest ticket to a title - perhaps as early as 2025.
Aprilia
Jorge Martin (Spain, 1998)
Marco Bezzecchi (Italy, 1998)
Faced with one Ducati factory team rejection too many, Martin immediately jumped into Aprilia's willing arms, becoming the biggest free agent signing in its history - with even the possibility that he'll bring the champion's #1 plate with him.
Martin has been positioned as a direct replacement for his great friend Aleix Espargaro, who is stepping aside from full-time competition at the end of the year and leaving the Aprilia fold completely to become a Honda development rider.
On the other side of the garage, Aprilia had made it clear that it intended to continue with incumbent Maverick Vinales - but Vinales himself had other intentions, putting pen to paper with Tech3 KTM.
And with another potential target in Enea Bastianini also off the table, it meant Aprilia quickly pivoted to Marco Bezzecchi to complete an all-new line-up created from current top Ducati satellite riders.
Yamaha
Fabio Quartararo (France, 1999)
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While things aren't so rosy on track, Yamaha completed its big silly season mission for 2024 by hanging on to its talisman Fabio Quartararo - who had snapped a five-year title drought for the factory back in 2021.
Paddock chatter suggests it had done some form of due diligence on who will partner Quartararo going forward, but incumbent Alex Rins is very, very likely to be confirmed as staying on.
Honda
Luca Marini (Italy, 1997)
Joan Mir (Spain, 1997)
Luca Marini has on the whole been the fourth-fastest of Honda's four regular riders - across the works team and the satellite LCR team - in 2024, but an early termination of the initial deal the two parties had signed to cover both '24 and '25 is out of the question, especially as he's progressed as of late.
Marini, brought in from the Ducati camp, is also valued as a development asset and a reassuringly pragmatic presence.
Team-mate Joan Mir sounded like he was prioritising alternate employment for 2025 for much of this year, but came around on the idea of re-signing with Honda despite a lack of obvious on-track progress - signing a two-year extension.
Satellite teams
Gresini/VR46
Fermin Aldeguer (Spain, 2005) - team TBA
Alex Marquez (Spain, 1996) - Gresini
Ducati's new signing Fermin Aldeguer - a 19-year-old brought in on the strength of a mesmerising end to last year's Moto2 campaign - will ride for one of its satellite teams.
Normally this would be Pramac, but Ducati's long-term second-in-command team is leaving for Yamaha so Aldeguer (and the ex-Pramac top-spec bikes) will land with Gresini or VR46.
The only rider confirmed at either team so far is Alex Marquez staying at the Gresini team his brother Marc is leaving.
Fabio Di Giannantonio is in demand but seems keen to stay with Valentino Rossi's VR46 team, which is also seen as a logical home for Rossi protege Franco Morbidelli - currently at Pramac but highly unlikely to follow it to Yamaha given his unsuccessful recent seasons there.
Pramac
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We know Pramac is switching manufacturers, but who gets those Yamahas is very much up in the air.
Di Giannantonio is a target, but wants to be on potentially winning machinery in 2025 and a Pramac Yamaha is unlikely to be that.
Miguel Oliveira appears to be its likeliest signing to tick off the 'experienced rider' box, while it is thought to be also considering rising stars outside of MotoGP such as Sergio Garcia or Alonso Lopez.
Tech3
Enea Bastianini (Italy, 1997)
Maverick Vinales (Spain, 1995)
Bastianini and Vinales have been unveiled as the team's all-new 2025 line-up, corresponding with a return to it being identified again as a satellite KTM operation rather than carrying the colours of fellow Pierer Mobility Group brand Gas Gas.
A KTM ride always seemingly Bastianini's fallback for when he missed out on keeping his Ducati seat, but luring Vinales over is more of a surprise given his renewal with Aprilia seemed like the way to go for both parties.
Instead, both of the Tech3 rides have been filled by established grand prix winners from other manufacturers - leaving Jack Miller and Augusto Fernandez on the job market.
Trackhouse
Raul Fernandez (Spain, 2000)
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MotoGP's newest team, albeit now spearheaded by one of its most revered team bosses in Davide Brivio, made its first concrete move on the premier-class rider market by re-committing to Raul Fernandez for two years.
His team-mate Oliveira is increasingly tipped to depart, which would in theory open up the seat to a promotion for American Moto2 frontrunner Joe Roberts.
But the likelier outcome is that an experienced hand will fill that seat, with free agent Miller effectively the only candidate.
LCR Honda
Johann Zarco (France, 1990)
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Johann Zarco has had a largely fruitless first season with LCR, but was always going to stay with the team for 2025. He has also won the Suzuka 8 Hours in Honda colours in the meantime.
The other side of the LCR garage is backed by Japanese sponsor Idemitsu so will presumably continue to require a Japanese rider. Takaaki Nakagami has fulfilled the requirement since his MotoGP debut and a re-signing would not be unthinkable - but the time might finally be right for Moto2 ace Ai Ogura to take over the ride for his MotoGP debut instead.
