Marc Marquez looks set to welcome a new team-mate to the Borgo Panigale in 2027, with Ducati now expected to replace Francesco Bagnaia with KTM’s Pedro Acosta.
The shots of bologna are moved early in the MotoGP rider market To secure the lineup for next season, as Marquez And Bagnaya Both contracts expire at the end of 2026. Marquez is expected to sign a new contract, but Ducati is ready to leave Bagnaia. Acosta Next year.
report by Motorsport.com Claims Ducati now felt ‘forced’ to sign Acosta.The two-year contract is essentially ‘already sealed’. The only reason for the delay in formalizing the deal is that Ducati has to finish agreeing on the final details of Marquez’s new two-year contract first.
If Marquez officially signs the new contract, which is expected to come before the start of the 2026 season. Ducati Acosta completes negotiations to sign him. Bologna Bullets feel they have to sign him. KTM Talent now in 2027 at the rate the market is moving.
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Jorge Lorenzo surprised Marc Marquez didn’t try to stop Ducati from signing Pedro Acosta.
Acosta insists he hasn’t told anyone the “truth” about 2027.Not to mention signing a contract to join Ducati next year. The Spaniard also indicated earlier in the Sepang pre-season test that he wants to see how each team starts the 2026 campaign before considering its future.
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All signs point to Acosta signing for Ducati, however, and George Lorenzo Márquez was “surprised” that the natives of Borgo Pangale did not try to stop them from bringing about the danger. But Lorenzo likes Márquez’s stance, saying a young star like Acosta is “not afraid.”
Lorenzo said. Engine footprintPedro Acosta’s situation is a bit different (for Fabio Quatararo and Jorge Martin) he is intelligent, like the manager (Albert Valera) and (Ducati General Manager) Luigi Daligna. And so the deal was born.
I’m surprised Marc Marquez didn’t secretly try to avoid this move. He showed that he was not afraid of a young, therefore good, rider.
Pedro Acosta and manager Albert Valera insist they have not yet signed a contract for 2027.
said Valera, who is the manager of both KTM Acosta and Aprilia Martin. Fast week They are said to be in talks to leave their current teams and join Ducati and Yamaha respectively for 2027.
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It is said that Yamaha are in advanced talks with Martin about moving to Iwata in 2027.claims are also coming out. Quattararo has agreed to leave Yamaha for Honda in 2027.. Martin and Quatararo are both out of contract with their current teams in 2026, as is Acosta at KTM.
No moves have been officially confirmed, but the teams are moving early to secure the top two riders in their 2027 line-up, with only three drivers on the 2026 grid still under contract at the end of this season. MotoGP is introducing new regulations on 850cc bikes from 2027.
Honda have tied LCR duo Yohan Zarco and Diogo Moreira to multi-year deals, with the latter including options to promote him to the factory line-up. Yamaha has offered Torak Razgatlioglu a two-year deal for his MotoGP debut at Pramac in 2026.
