• MotoGP rider line-up: The complete grid for 2024 and beyond

Yamaha

Confirmed: Fabio Quartararo

Having achieved its main goal of retaining star rider Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha can not only breathe a big sigh of relief but - with 🌌one ride🦩r in the bag - afford to take its time in deciding upon the Frenchman’s team-mate.

That coul♈d be good news for current team-mate Al⛎ex Rins, who is brand new to the M1 and yet to understand his potential on the bike.

But if access to technical concessions means Yamaha closes the gap to its MotoGP rivals as the seasonꦚ goes on, Rins might also find competition for the ride inc🎐reasing.

It also remains to be seen if the big money Yamaha is assumed to have spent on Quartararo will have any effect on the size of the financial package it can offer to a potentia𓂃l satellite team in 2025.

Aprilia

No riders confirmed.

Quartararo’s deal leaves Aprilia as the only MotoGP facto🔴ry without at lea💛st one rider in place for 2025. Of course, that doesn’t automatically mean the next rider announcement will come from the Noale company.

But with Quartararo pr𓆉eviously rumoured to be in talks with the team, it does increase the prospects of new deals for current riders Aleix Espargaro and/or ♔Maverick Vinales.

“I always said that stability means performance," Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola said before the start of the season. "Also because when you change your rider, it's likely that you also ch꧂ange the crew chief and maybe some mechanics. Because the rider, most of the time, moves with the people he 🌜trusts.

“I confirm agai🅺n that I'm super happy about the four riders we have, but if someone comes and steals our riders, I need to be re💞ady to react… I don't want to sleep, so I need to pay attention and check the market.”

It is rare for a factory MotoGP team to change both of its riders ꧟at the same time.

But aside from Espargaro, Vinales and Trackhouse rider M🐈iguel Oliveira, Enea Bastianini is seen as a possible factory target for Aprilia, should the Italian lose his Ducati s🐓eat alongside Francesco Bagnaia.

Meanwhile, Joe Roberts 🌱could be a homegrown option for Trackhouse if he continues his strong Moto2 form.

Ducati

Confirmed: Francesco Bagnaia, Fermin Aldeguer.

Although Quartararo ꧃was not specifically linked with Ducati for 2025, as mentioned, Yamaha is likely to have spent a formidable sum to retain its f🌱ormer world champion.

The knock-on o⛦f that means Yamaha is now likely to hav🔜e less financial firepower to try and tempt, for example, the likes of Pramac Ducati’s title runner-up Jorge Martin.

Martin has made no secret of his quest for factory status in 2025 but may find that, in addition to taking an ini😼tial hit in terms of performance, the fee now on offer for what is now the 'second' Yamaha ride is sud☂denly watered down.

The same applies for oth💧er fast satellite Duc🌠ati and Aprilia riders.

Honda

Confirmed: Luca Marini, Johann Zarco.

Alongside Aprilia, Quartararo was seen as a potential target for Honda. But while the pay packet could have been impressive, it would have been out of the frying pan and int꧂o the fire in terms of performance, with both Japanese brands currently bottom of the constructors’ standings.

With Joan Mir’s future intentions unclear, and Quartararo now out of the frame, Repsol Honda’s back-up plans co🍨uld see them focus on the available satellite Ducati and Aprilia stars in search of factory status (and a factory pay pac♊ket).

Like Yamaha, Honda will hope that they can pick up pꦦerformance, via concessions, as the season goes on, increasing their rider options.

KTM

Confirmed: Brad Binder.

KTM is arguably the least affected by the Quartararo news. The Austrian manufacturer publicly insists that, like Aprilia, i♕t wants to renew with all four of its current riders🌞.

However, many beli𝓡eve a Jack Miller-Pe♔dro Acosta, KTM-GASGAS swap might yet be on the cards while Augusto Fernandez’s current performance remains a question mark.