The current spate of official rider bulletins implies that the MotoGP rider line up for 2023 is sort of full.
The official affirmation by Aprilia that Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez could be racing within the RNF Aprilia squad brings the entire of confirmed riders signed to 18. All of the manufacturing unit seats at the moment are occupied, and simply 4 of the satellite tv for pc seats stay open.
“Open” might be not the right description right here, nevertheless. We are practically sure of who will occupy these seats in 2023, the one query is when they are going to be introduced.
The seats most certainly to be introduced first are the VR46 Mooney Ducati squad. That crew will stay unchanged, with Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi persevering with within the squad.
The solely query is whether or not each riders can have a Desmosedici GP23 at their disposal, or simply Marini.
At LCR Honda Idemitsu, Takaaki Nakagami is nearly sure to remain. Team Honda Asia Moto2 rider Ai Ogura had been broadly tipped to take the seat, however the Japanese rider has elected to remain in Moto2 for one more season, to attempt to win a Moto2 crown.
At the Tech3 GasGas squad, Augusto Fernandez is nearly sure to affix Pol Espargaro. 2021 Moto2 champion Remy Gardner has been instructed there isn’t any place for him in MotoGP subsequent 12 months, and is wanting exterior of the grand prix paddock for his future.
KTM’s coverage of dumping rookies rapidly continues to mystify onlookers, with each Raul Fernandez and Remy Gardner being ousted after their rookie season, whereas Iker Lecuona acquired two years in Tech3 earlier than he was pressured out.
Of the ten manufacturing unit seats, just one will fall vacant on the finish of 2023. Franco Morbidelli has subsequent season to safe an extension on the Monster Energy Yamaha crew, although he’ll want some assist from the 2023 MotoGP bike.
Among satellite tv for pc riders, each RNF Aprilia riders and LCR Honda’s Alex Rins have two-year offers, the remaining seats falling open on the finish of 2023.
The 2023 MotoGP rider line up because it stands seems under:
Confirmed:
Rider | Bike | Contract till |
Factory Teams | ||
Monster Energy Yamaha | ||
Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha M1 | 2023 |
Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha M1 | 2024 |
Repsol Honda | ||
Marc Márquez | Honda RC213V | 2024 |
Joan Mir | Honda RC213V | 2024 |
Ducati Factory | ||
Pecco Bagnaia | Ducati Desmosedici GP23 | 2024 |
Enea Bastianini | Ducati Desmosedici GP23 | 2024 |
Red Bull KTM | ||
Brad Binder | KTM RC16 | 2024 |
Jack Miller | KTM RC16 | 2024 |
Aprilia | ||
Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia RS-GP | 2024 |
Maverick Viñales | Aprilia RS-GP | 2024 |
Satellite Teams | ||
Pramac Ducati | ||
Johann Zarco | Ducati Desmosedici GP23 | 2023 |
Jorge Martin | Ducati Desmosedici GP23 | 2023 |
RNF Aprilia | ||
Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia RS-GP | 2024 |
Raul Fernandez | Aprilia RS-GP | 2024 |
GasGas Tech 3 | ||
Pol Espargaro | KTM RC16 | 2023 |
LCR Honda | ||
Alex Rins | Honda RC213V | 2024 |
Gresini Ducati | ||
Alex Marquez | Ducati Desmosedici GP22 | 2023 |
Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati Desmosedici GP22 | 2023 |
Unconfirmed | ||
VR46 | ||
Luca Marini | Ducati Desmosedici GP23 | |
Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati Desmosedici GP22? | |
LCR Honda Idemitsu | ||
Takaaki Nakagami | Honda RC213V | |
GasGas Tech 3 | ||
Augusto Fernandez? | KTM RC16 |
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