The crew chief market is a pivotal under-the-radar a part of each MotoGP foolish season, as riders actions result in reshuffles – whether or not that be by means of their crew chiefs following them into their new groups or them being paired up with new employees.
This is how the 2025 MotoGP crew chief market shook out:
Ducati
Manufacturing facility
Pecco Bagnaia – Cristian Gabarrini
Marc Marquez – Marco Rigamonti
VR46
Fabio di Giannantonio – Massimo Branchini
Franco Morbidelli – Matteo Flamigni
Gresini
Alex Marquez – Donatello Giovanotti
Fermin Aldeguer – Frankie Carchedi
Bagnaia unsurprisingly continues with crew chief extraordinaire Cristian Gabarrini – one of many largest engineering names within the paddock, having labored with the likes of Casey Stoner, Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo.
Marquez‘s arrival on the opposite aspect of the works staff storage pairs him up with Marco Rigamonti, who had labored with Marquez’s predecessor within the seat Enea Bastianini.
Of Ducati’s satellite tv for pc groups, Gresini retains the identical roster. Alex Marquez – who partnered up with sophomore crew chief Donatello Giovanotti upon his arrival to the staff in 2023 – continues with the Italian for a 3rd 12 months.
Title-winning crew chief Frankie Carchedi, who was MotoGP champion with Joan Mir at Suzuki and has gained grands prix with Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marc Marquez at Gresini, will probably be tasked with overseeing Ducati-contracted rookie Fermin Aldeguer‘s adaptation to MotoGP.
On the VR46 aspect of issues, the modifications are greater. Each Franco Morbidelli and his 2024 crew chief Massimo Branchini (a Moto2 title winner previously with Augusto Fernandez) are making the Pramac-to-VR46 transfer – however not staying collectively.
Di Giannantonio, now on a works Ducati contract at VR46, fortunately pairs up with Branchini, who will probably be his fourth crew chief in 4 years in MotoGP and who Di Giannantonio intends to maintain into 2026, too.
And Morbidelli hyperlinks up with former Bezzecchi crew chief Matteo Flamigni – an engineer Morbidelli himself is aware of from method again.
KTM
Manufacturing facility
Pedro Acosta – Paul Trevathan
Brad Binder – Andres Madrid
Tech3
Enea Bastianini – Alberto Giribuola
Maverick Vinales – Manu Cazeaux
Having overseen a profitable MotoGP debut for Pedro Acosta at Tech3, Paul Trevathan follows Acosta into the works KTM staff – the place he’d already labored with the likes of Pol Espargaro and Miguel Oliveira previously.
Incumbent Brad Binder sticks with crew chief Andres Madrid.
As for Tech3’s all-new veteran line-up, each riders may have acquainted crew chiefs of their corners.
Bastianini reunites together with his former Gresini Ducati crew chief Alberto Giribuola, who had switched to KTM in 2023 as engineering coordinator, however went again to being crew chief once more – seemingly in preparation for Bastianini’s KTM transfer – in late-2024, changing Alex Merhand at Augusto Fernandez’s aspect.
Maverick Vinales, in the meantime, brings Manu Cazeaux together with him from Aprilia (having additionally labored with him very efficiently at Suzuki).
Aprilia
Manufacturing facility
Jorge Martin – Daniele Romagnoli
Marco Bezzecchi – Francesco Venturato
Trackhouse
Raul Fernandez – Noe Herrera
Ai Ogura – Giovanni Mattarollo
New MotoGP champion Jorge Martin is accompanied by his Pramac crew chief Daniele Romagnoli in making his massive works transfer.
His new team-mate Bezzecchi will work with Francesco Venturato – who was efficiency engineer on Vinales’ aspect of the storage.
At satellite tv for pc staff Trackhouse, Raul Fernandez continues with Noe Herrera – a crew chief he’d struck up nice rapport with in Moto2 – whereas Ai Ogura inherits Giovanni Mattarollo from the departing Miguel Oliveira.
Yamaha
Manufacturing facility
Fabio Quartararo – Diego Gubellini
Alex Rins – David Munoz
Pramac
Jack Miller – Giacomo Guidotti
Miguel Oliveira – Luca Ferraccioli
There’s change within the manufacturing unit Yamaha staff, although not on Fabio Quartararo‘s aspect of the storage – with no purpose in any respect to interrupt up his potent long-term partnership with Diego Gubellini.
Alex Rins, nevertheless, will get a brand new crew chief. Patrick Primmer – who Rins had inherited from predecessor Morbidelli – is changed by highly-rated VR46 crew chief David Munoz.
Pramac’s Ducati-to-Yamaha transfer comes with an all-new rider roster – but in addition an all-new crew chief roster.
Jack Miller reunites with Giacomo Guidotti – who he is aware of from his previous Pramac tenure, after which Guidotti had labored with Joan Mir and Luca Marini within the works Honda staff.
And Oliveira‘s Pramac transfer marks the debut of a brand new crew chief in Luca Ferraccioli – who beforehand labored as a manufacturing unit Ducati technician embedded within the VR46 storage.
Honda
Manufacturing facility
Joan Mir – Santi Hernandez
Luca Marini – Christian Pupulin
LCR
Johann Zarco – David Garcia
Somkiat Chantra – Klaus Nohles
Change right here, too – although not on the aspect of Honda’s 2024 standout Johann Zarco, who stays with David Garcia at LCR, nor for works rider Joan Mir, who continues alongside Santi Hernandez (greatest recognized for his years of success with Marc Marquez).
LCR rookie Somkiat Chantra takes over Klaus Nohles from retiring predecessor Takaaki Nakagami.
And – in one of many massive strikes of the crew chief foolish season – works rider Luca Marini swaps earlier crew chief Guidotti for long-time Miller engineer Christian Pupulin.
Full 2025 MotoGP crew chief checklist
Manufacturing facility Ducati
Pecco Bagnaia – Cristian Gabarrini
Marc Marquez – Marco Rigamonti
VR46 Ducati
Fabio di Giannantonio – Massimo Branchini
Franco Morbidelli – Matteo Flamigni
Gresini Ducati
Alex Marquez – Donatello Giovanotti
Fermin Aldeguer – Frankie Carchedi
Manufacturing facility KTM
Pedro Acosta – Paul Trevathan
Brad Binder – Andres Madrid
Tech3 KTM
Enea Bastianini – Alberto Giribuola
Maverick Vinales – Manu Cazeaux
Manufacturing facility Aprilia
Jorge Martin – Daniele Romagnoli
Marco Bezzecchi – Francesco Venturato
Trackhouse Aprilia
Raul Fernandez – Noe Herrera
Ai Ogura – Giovanni Mattarollo
Manufacturing facility Yamaha
Fabio Quartararo – Diego Gubellini
Alex Rins – David Munoz
Pramac Yamaha
Jack Miller – Giacomo Guidotti
Miguel Oliveira – Luca Ferraccioli
Manufacturing facility Honda
Joan Mir – Santi Hernandez
Luca Marini – Christian Pupulin
LCR Honda
Johann Zarco – David Garcia
Somkiat Chantra – Klaus Nohles
