Although the 2026 MotoGP season hasn’t even started yet, the rider market for the following campaign is already one of the biggest topics of the year.
In the year Due to new regulations that will shake up the premier class in 2027, most riders will see their current deals expire at the end of the upcoming season.
That means no one is safe in the current MotoGP rider market, even if they are multiple world champions, that is. It is true in the case of Francesco Bagnaia..
The factory Ducati Man is one of the leading names in the market and is facing the cutting edge, and his future with the Borgo Panigale already seems decided.
Who would win as teammates, Francesco Bagnaia or Pedro Acosta?
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MotoGP agents are under the impression that the 2027 grid will be set in stone for the 2026 season opener.
According to the report Motorsport.comseveral MotoGP agents have expressed their views on the outcome of the driver market.
Bikes have all ‘agreed’ that every factory outfit’s line-up will be set in stone for 2027 by early March, without even touching the season-opening venue in Thailand.
He already understood Bagnaia will have a few opening rounds of the 2026 campaign. To show Ducati what it takes to ride for the best constructor on the grid right now.
However, the report states that ‘no-one’ should believe they have time to correct their mistakes at the start of the upcoming season.
Ducati bosses have one clear dilemma to resolve before the season opener: whether to renew the Italian’s contract or pull the trigger on his signing. Pedro Acosta.
Aprilia boss Massimo Rivola has tipped Acosta to become a Ducati rider in 2027. He had nothing good to do with Luigi Dali’s Igna.He aims to dig up his Italian rival during the season-opening event at Borgo Panigale.
Is there a better rider to sign for Ducati?
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Francesco Bagnaia’s options for the 2027 MotoGP season
if so Bagania Ducati’s fate is truly sealed, the way out of Borgo Pangale is probably to secure a seat on one of the factory teams on the grid.
Satellite trip to Bagnaia ‘out of the question’ Being a two-time winner of the premier class title, that meant he would need to settle with bosses at Ducati rivals to get the seat he wanted.
Rivola tested the idea of ​​signing BagnayaBut the future depends on the future of George Martin, who has yet to commit to wearing a Noale-based outfit after all the injuries in the team.
In any case, the #63 should not be short for those looking ahead to MotoGP’s new regulatory era. The departure from Borgo Pangale marks the departure of Ducati’s most successful rider in the premier class.
