The options for Jorge Martin to interrupt the MotoGP rider market
The four teams with a known MotoGP seat for 2026.
The rider market has been set alight by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin’s confirmation that he in🧔tends to pursue an exit from Aprilia at the end of thi♒s season.
Whispers about a break clause within the deal were seemingly confi𓆉rmed by Martin when he clarified his intention to find a new team in 2026.
Martin has also🦋 insisted he will give Aprilia 'a second chance', after his return from injury, to effectively convince him of their bike's potential.
Martin is still sidelined a🦩fter injuries sustained in the Qatar MotoGP - the only Sunday race he has competed in this year since joining Aprilia. He had separate injuries which delayed his star🙈t to defending the MotoGP title he won on a Ducati last year.
If his differences with Aprilia prove irreconcilable, resulting in a shock Martin-Aprilia divorce, these are the four teams with a known vacancy for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2026 MotoGP rider line-up...
Honda HRC Castrol
Martin’s desire for a factory team seat, after spending his MotoGP career with Pramac, sent him int🐭o the arms of Aprilia when Ducati picke♋d Marc Marquez as Francesco Bagnaia's 2026 team-mate.
If he still values such a factory rol📖e, Martin’s only known option for next year would be the TBC seat alongside Joan Mir at the Honda HRC squad, where Martin's good friend Aleix Espargaro is now a test rider.
Espargaro has denied he has tried to convince his fr✤iend 🔯to jump across.
But LCR’s Le Mans winner Johann Zarco is already deep in discussions for the ride, with Luca Marini also in talks over a contract extension. Pedro Acosta and WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlio🔴glu have also been rumoured.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Honda are reportedly M꧙a🎐rtin's preference for 2026.
Honda boss Alberto Puig notably 🌊insisted they would pursue any rider who is under contract. But if Martin makes himself available 🌳from his Aprilia commitments, it could open the door to the Honda garage.
Prima Pramac Racing
If Martin wanted a return to the team he knows best, the🌊n Pramac - dꦰespite splitting from Ducati and forming a new partnership with Yamaha - does have a vacancy for 2026.
Unlike the other M1 riders, Jack Miller’s current contract is o๊nly for one season.&nbs♏p;
Howeve🥂r, the Australian has been rejuvenated by his ownꩵ return to Pramac, often challenging Fabio Quartararo for top M1 honours. Miller was impressively P7 at Silverstone and will represent Yamaha at the Suzuka 8 Hours.
Even if Miller stays, there might still be room at Pramac with speculation over the firmness ofꦬ team-mate Miguel Oliveira's two-year deal. However, WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu also continues to be linked with Yamaha.
Pertamina Enduro VR46
Is Martin missing the Desmosedici with which he won eight MotoGPs, took 32 podiums and the historic 2024𝓀 title as an Independent rider? If so, his only option would be at the Pertamina Enduro VR46 team, where Franco Morbidelli has a one-year deal.
But having walked out of Ducati based on bein🍒g overlooked for the factory seat, it would be a major U-turn for Martin to ride a satellite-spec GP🦂24.
Even if Ducati agreed to upgrade him to the GP25, M♊artin would be back where he had been at🎐 Pramac.
Morbidelli an♎d Acosta are others to have been linked with the🌼 VR46 Desmosedici ride.
LCR Honda Castrol
A second Honda option, which like Pramac Yamaha would come with full factory support, would be at the LCR team,𝓡 where new RC213V race winner Zarco is negotiatinꦕg for a move to HRC.
Even if a Zarco-Marini swap took place, the other LCR ride might be possible, with the French✱man's rookie team-mate Somkiat Chantra having an option for 2026.
While Honda has risen to second in the constructors (Aprilia is fifth), in money terms alone, any satellite seat would be a big step down from his present🌜 factory Aprilia deal.
Who might go to Aprilia?
If ൲Martin does make a shock exit, it would suddenly open up a coveted factory seat alongside Marco Bezzecchi.
Marini, known for his technical feedback, would prove 🔜attractive for an all-Italian line-up, rejoining the factory with which his brother V💃alentino Rossi took 125 and 250cc glory.
Morbidelli, already a 2025 podium finisher and former title runner🦩-up, would be another experienced 𝓰homegrown option.
Miller is a multi-MotoGP race winner and co🐼uld bring valuable r🉐ecent knowledge of Ducati, KTM and Yamaha machinery.
Zarco says he is committed to staying at Honda, but if he is overlooked a🤪t HRC, might he be tempted?
But if Aprilia were to promote from within their ranks, Trackhouse rookie Ai Og♓ura would surely be the main candidate.
Enea Bastia💎nini, should he choose to leave Tech3 KTM, is a race-winning alternative.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi c♑ome and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit sto𓆏ry and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
