The MotoGP grid for the 2025 season has undergone a significant reshuffle with the likes of Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez signing contracts at new groups with recent wages.
Solely the manufacturing facility Yamaha and Honda groups will run unchanged rider line-ups in 2025 having every retained the providers of Fabio Quartararo plus Alex Rins and Joan Mir plus Luca Marini. In the meantime, Ducati held the keys to the rider market as they weighed up their manufacturing facility squad.
Ultimately even preventing Ducati star Francesco Bagnaia for the MotoGP title aboard his GP24 with Pramac was not sufficient for Martin to persuade the Bologna Bullets that he deserved to graduate into their most important workforce over Marquez, who bought the bike over the eventual champion.
So, Martin will take the No1 plate with him because the Spaniard joins Ducati’s Italian rival, Aprilia, rather than his retiring good friend Aleix Espargaro. A raft of rookies can even graduate from Moto2 in 2025, similar to Ducati-backed Fermin Aldeguer plus Thailand’s first MotoGP rider Ai Ogura.
With that in thoughts, MotoGP Information runs you thru the contract particulars of the 22 riders who make up the 2025 grid – together with their wage and the 12 months every pilot’s deal is because of expire.
Aprilia Racing: Jorge Martin
- Contract till: At the very least the top of 2026
- Yearly wage: £3.5m
Aprilia and Jorge Martin swiftly reached an settlement on a multi-year contract ranging from the 2025 MotoGP season in June 2024. Martin leapt at Aprilia’s deal as soon as Ducati ignored the Spaniard after back-to-back title bids at Pramac to position Marc Marquez of their rider line-up.
READ MORE: The whole lot to find out about Aprilia from the MotoGP workforce’s riders to hierarchy
The precise size of Martin’s Aprilia contract is unconfirmed and so is his wage, however the 2024 MotoGP champion is anticipated to earn within the area of £3.5m a 12 months with the Italian outfit. It marks a rise on his wage with Pramac, the place Martin made an estimated £560k a 12 months.
Aprilia Racing: Marco Bezzecchi
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Aprilia satisfied Marco Bezzecchi to give up VR46 Racing Group in June 2024 with the supply of an preliminary two-year manufacturing facility contract to finish their star-studded rider line-up for the 2025 MotoGP season. Bezzecchi grew to become a objective at Aprilia after Maverick Vinales signed for Tech3.
READ MORE: The whole lot to find out about Marco Bezzecchi from web price to race quantity
The Italian stood out for Aprilia because the Tuscan workforce needed an rising star who’s a local of their nation aboard one of many model’s bikes in 2025. Bezzecchi additionally appreciated an opportunity to experience for a manufacturing facility MotoGP workforce, however the phrases of his contract with Aprilia are unreported.
Trackhouse Racing: Raul Fernandez
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Of the 5 Aprilia bikes to hit a observe in 2024, Raul Fernandez was the only real rider to nonetheless pilot a 2023-spec machine with the Italian model’s satellite tv for pc squad Trackhouse Racing. Nonetheless, his early efforts aboard the RS-GP23 earned Fernandez a brand new contract with Trackhouse in July 2024.
Fernandez began his sophomore season strongly for the workforce he had debuted with in 2023 whereas utilizing the RNF title, together with qualifying in P3 for the Grand Prix of Catalunya. However the phrases of the Spaniard’s contract for the US-based MotoGP outfit are presently unconfirmed.
Trackhouse Racing: Ai Ogura
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Trackhouse sprung a little bit of a shock in August 2024 when the satellite tv for pc Aprilia workforce selected to signal Ai Ogura to a two-year MotoGP contract over the Japanese pilot’s American Moto2 rival Joe Roberts. Ogura sat second within the 2024 Moto2 rankings when he signed for Trackhouse.
Group supervisor Davide Brivio was instrumental in Trackhouse deciding to wager on Ogura, who would justify the American workforce’s choice by successful the 2024 Moto2 title. Three victories in 19 races sealed his intermediate class crown by 40 factors, while Roberts completed in ninth.
Ducati: Francesco Bagnaia
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: £6m (rising to £8.5m)
Ducati and Francesco Bagnaia agreed to a brand new, multi-year contract in March 2024 to reward his back-to-back MotoGP titles over the earlier two seasons. The deal locked the Italian in till the top of 2026 and likewise moved Bagnaia’s wage for Ducati to an preliminary £6m per season.
READ MORE: The whole lot to find out about Ducati from the MotoGP workforce’s riders to hierarchy
Bagnaia may also get an additional £2.5m every year by bonuses primarily based on his outcomes, similar to successful additional championships. Ducati have been pleased to compensate his crowns within the 2022 and 2023 seasons having not handed Bagnaia a brand new contract since earlier than his first title win.
Ducati: Marc Marquez
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
After deciding to half with Enea Bastianini after the 2024 season, Ducati elected to advertise Marc Marquez from Gresini to accomplice Francesco Bagnaia in a strong rider line-up. Ducati even gave the six-time premier class champion a two-year contract to race in purple from 2025.
The exact worth of his wage for Ducati stays unconfirmed however Marquez, who gave up his £13m-a-season contract for Honda to hitch Gresini in 2024, just isn’t anticipated to be the highest-paid rider on the 2025 MotoGP grid. It’s even possible that his wage is lower than Bagnaia’s.
VR46 Racing Group: Fabio Di Giannantonio
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Ducati determined to award Fabio Di Giannantonio a two-year manufacturing facility MotoGP rider contract in August 2024, which additionally secured the Italian a full factory-spec bike at VR46 Racing Group for each seasons. VR46 acquired the third and last full manufacturing facility Ducati bike Pramac held in 2024.
Di Giannantonio, who had solely ridden on year-old equipment by his first three seasons in MotoGP, additionally had a two-year Yamaha contract supply through their Pramac satellite tv for pc workforce on the desk when he agreed to signal for Ducati. The phrases of Diggia’s Ducati deal are unconfirmed.
VR46 Racing Group: Franco Morbidelli
- Contract till: Finish of 2025
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
VR46 confirmed that Franco Morbidelli would change Pramac for the satellite tv for pc Ducati workforce within the 2025 MotoGP season in August 2024, having agreed to a one-year contract. It linked the Italian, who was the primary VR46 Academy member, with the workforce owned by Valentino Rossi.
Becoming a member of VR46 additional secured Morbidelli his second 12 months aboard a Ducati after an injury-hit first 12 months aboard the Desmosedici in 2024. His outcomes improved throughout the European a part of the 2024 time period after recovering from a head harm which ruined his pre-season preparation.
Gresini Racing: Alex Marquez
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Gresini could have misplaced one of many Marquez brothers for 2025 with Marc shifting to Ducati however locked Alex up in July 2024 with a brand new two-year contract. Alex Marquez and Gresini reached an settlement for recent phrases as a reward for his transition from Honda to Ducati equipment.
Gresini Racing: Fermin Aldeguer
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: £250,000
Ducati signed Fermin Aldeguer to a two-year manufacturing facility MotoGP contract in March 2024 having emerged as a rising expertise in Moto2, earlier than securing the Spaniard a seat at Gresini in August 2024 for his commencement into the premier class. It was additionally the ultimate Ducati bike left accessible.
Initially, the plan was to position Aldeguer at Pramac however Ducati needed to shift focus to facilitating a spot at Gresini following the previous’s defection to Yamaha. Ducati additionally solely agreed to place a low base wage in Aldeguer’s contract with him set to earn simply £250,000 a 12 months as a rookie.
Honda: Joan Mir
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Whereas his troublesome Honda bike noticed Joan Mir fail to complete 10 of the 20 Grand Prix in 2024 and likewise think about retiring, the 2020 MotoGP champion agreed to signal a brand new contract in July 2024. Honda sought to retain Mir as they valued the Spaniard’s function in growing their bike.
Honda: Luca Marini
- Contract till: Finish of 2025
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
The 2025 MotoGP season is a giant 12 months for Luca Marini as he tries to assist Honda enhance but in addition probably put himself within the store window. Honda solely gave the Italian a two-year deal to hitch from VR46 in 2024 when the Japanese model signed Marini to interchange Marc Marquez.
Marini even reportedly thought of making an attempt to interrupt out of his contract with Honda following a irritating first 12 months aboard the RC213V, having solely secured six points-scoring finishes over 20 Grand Prix. However he noticed out the time period with Honda and can stay a manufacturing facility rider for 2025.
LCR Honda: Johann Zarco
- Contract till: Finish of 2025
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
After a three-race stint with the workforce on the finish of the 2019 season, Johann Zarco returned to LCR Honda for the 2024 MotoGP season having secured a two-year contract after leaving Pramac. The wage of LCR Honda’s contract was key for Zarco who cherished the wage on supply.
LCR Honda: Somkiat Chantra
- Contract till: Finish of 2025
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
LCR Honda accomplished their 2025 MotoGP rider line-up in August 2024 with the signing, plus promotion, of two-time Moto2 race winner Somkiat Chantra. The Thai will experience aboard their Idemitsu-branded bike which Takaaki Nakagami had owned since 2018 for the 2025 season.
KTM Manufacturing unit Racing: Brad Binder
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: £800,000
Model Binder has been a KTM rider all through his world championship profession having raced for the Ajo Moto3 and Moto2 squads earlier than his commencement into MotoGP in 2020. The 2016 Moto3 champion can also be underneath contract with KTM by to the top of the 2026 marketing campaign.
KTM and Binder final agreed on a brand new contract in August 2023, which additionally sealed the South African a wage estimated to be within the area of £800,000 a 12 months. It marked a rise to his wage of practically 100%, having earned round £400,000 a 12 months on Binder’s earlier contract.
KTM Manufacturing unit Racing: Pedro Acosta
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: £400,000
KTM handed Pedro Acosta a recent, two-year contract in June 2024 which additionally secured him a manufacturing facility bike from 2025 rather than Jack Miller. The Spaniard was primed to be out of contract on the shut of 2024 however KTM have been loath to lose Acosta after excelling as a rookie in MotoGP.
His new contract additional secured Acosta a wage estimated to be within the area of £400,000 a 12 months to experience for the manufacturing facility KTM MotoGP workforce. But when the 2021 Moto3 and 2023 Moto2 title winner continues to shine on the entrance of the grid, Acosta could count on one other pay rise quickly.
KTM Tech3: Enea Bastianini
- Contract till: At the very least the top of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Ducati releasing Enea Bastianini after the 2024 MotoGP season noticed the Italian land a multi-year contract with KTM to experience for the Austrian model’s satellite tv for pc Tech3 squad. Bastianini will get a factory-spec RC16 as Tech3 return to Pink Bull colors after two years in GASGAS purple.
KTM Tech3: Maverick Vinales
- Contract till: At the very least the top of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Alongside signing Ducati exile Enea Bastianini to a manufacturing facility contract in June 2024, KTM gifted Maverick Vinales a multi-year contract to swap the manufacturing facility Aprilia workforce for Tech3 in 2025. In a present of religion in KTM, Vinales even purchased shares within the Austrian motorcycle producer.
Yamaha: Fabio Quartararo
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: £10m
Whereas Yamaha have slipped off the tempo of Ducati lately, the supply of a £10m-a-year wage plus the Japanese model’s enhancing outcomes satisfied Fabio Quartararo to signal a brand new contract in April 2024. His two-year deal made Quartararo the highest-paid rider in MotoGP.
READ MORE: The whole lot to find out about Yamaha from the MotoGP workforce’s riders to hierarchy
Quartararo brazenly held talks with rival groups a few change following the 2024 season, however Yamaha secured an enormous increase by retaining their lead rider and 2021 MotoGP champion. The Frenchman would go on to attain 113 of Yamaha’s 144 complete factors over the 2024 marketing campaign.
Yamaha: Alex Rins
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Yamaha noticed sufficient from Alex Rins throughout the first half of the 2024 MotoGP season to offer the Spaniard a brand new, two-year contract that August. It got here as a present of religion in Rins by the Japanese model as he had scored simply eight of the Barcelona native’s 31 factors throughout 2024.
Pramac: Jack Miller
- Contract till: Finish of 2025
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
After a irritating two-year stint with KTM following his exit from Ducati, Jack Miller will experience a Yamaha bike for the primary time in his MotoGP profession from the 2025 season after agreeing to return to Pramac. The Australian had raced a Ducati for Pramac over 2018, 2019 and 2020.
But regardless of Miller’s previous for Pramac, he solely signed a one-year contract to rejoin the Tuscan workforce as they change into a de-facto second Yamaha manufacturing facility crew. Miller’s future in MotoGP was additionally initially set to be with KTM earlier than the workforce pulled a U-turn to advertise Pedro Acosta.
Pramac: Miguel Oliveira
- Contract till: Finish of 2026
- Yearly wage: Unconfirmed
Alongside not operating Ducati equipment from 2025, Pramac will subject a brand new rider line-up with Yamaha putting Miguel Oliveira on the Italian workforce. Yamaha gave Oliveira a two-year manufacturing facility contract in September 2024 and can present him with full manufacturing facility help at Pramac.
