George Martin He faces a very uncertain future in April after the 2026 MotoGP season after an injury-plagued title defense in his first season with the Italian factory in 2025.
The 27-year-old agreed to join Aprilia Ahead of the 2025 season, Ducati ignored him and tried to sign Marc Marquez. Martin He would take the No1 plate with him to Noel after winning the 2024 title in his final act for Pramac by defeating Ducati racer Francesco Bagnaian.
But Aprilia saw Martin start seven of his eight Grands Prix in 2025 as he missed 14 rounds through injury. In total, the Spaniard broke his right arm, left leg and left arm, 11 broken ribs and a broken collarbone and suffered a hemopneumothorax.
In the year Sustaining such injuries during the 2025 campaign left Martin with just 34 points for 21st in the Cavaliers’ standings. Marco Bezeci also joined Aprilia in 2025 and proved his RS-GP potential, sitting third in the standings with 353 points.
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Yamaha could compete with Honda to sign Aprilia rider George Martin for the 2027 MotoGP season.
Now, Martin’s future with Aprilia is ‘completely open’ as the Madrid native gets a new contract for 2027 and beyond depending on how the Madrid native performs in 2026. Motor sports magazineAprilia are reportedly close to finalizing Bezecic’s new contract.
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Aprilia have signed two-year contracts with Martin and Bezecic to secure their services from the 2025 season. But while Aprilia Bezecci won the Grands Prix in Great Britain, Portugal and Valencia, Martin’s injury problems kept the Noel factory from leading the year.
Aprilia is ready to offer Martin a new contract. In the year As they weigh up their options for MotoGP 850cc regulations in 2026 and if it can adapt to the RS-GP. If Martin leaves Aprilia, he will ‘definitely’ have a choice elsewhere in the paddock.
Martin is on the ‘wish list’ of many rival manufacturers, and Honda And Yamaha Both are ‘particularly’ interested in his potential presence. After Honda tried to give Martin an escape route in 2025, Yamaha joined their Japanese rivals in following events at Aprilia.
Honda wants George Martin as a championship-caliber MotoGP rider
It was said. Martin has agreed to a three-year contract with Honda starting in 2026 In the year
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They believe that Honda Martin is a worthy rider for the championshipHowever, if the Spaniard enters the market before the 2027 season, interest in a contract will continue. Luca Marini and Joan Mir are out of contract with the factory Honda team after the 2026 season.
Honda have locked in LCR duo Yohan Zarco and Diogo Moreira to multi-year factory deals, with the latter giving the Japanese brand the option to introduce him to their factory team from 2027. So Martin could join Morera at Honda from 2027.
Yamaha could compete with Honda Martin, but the Iwata outfit currently only has Pramak Asen’s Torak Razgatlioglu for the 2027 season. Works Yamaha stars Fabio Quatararo and Alex Rins, as well as Pramac’s Jack Miller, are all out of contract in 2026.
