The rider market for the MotoGP World Championship in 2024 is one of the hottest in recent years, with several riders expiring their contracts at the end of this season and with a big enigma to solve: which rider will race with the official Ducati team alongside Pecco Bagnaia in 2025?
The battle for the seat was reduced to Jorge Martin, current championship leader with five victories in ten races disputed, Marc Marquez, third in the standings after having come close to a victory and having completely adapted to the Desmosedici GP23, and Enea Bastianini, who overtook a complicated 2023 and he is now fourth in the standings thanks to his regularity.
The choice of Borgo Panigale will create a domino effect on the grid, a coming and going of movements, given that various teams will try to offer their bikes to riders who are “not” lucky due to the decision that Gigi Dall’Igna will make before the Italian Grand Prix , the deadline that the Italian brand has set itself.
Miguel Oliveira, Trackhouse Racing Team
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One of the structures that could move in this “silly season” is Trackhouse. The US team faces its first season in the premier class, inheriting what RNF left behind, both the bike (the Aprilia RS-GP) and the riders (Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez). Its director, Davide Brivio, confirmed during the last French Grand Prix that many things are happening on the market, but everything is at a standstill until the official teams move, in particular Ducati.
“Many things are happening, but everything is at a standstill until the official teams move the first players, starting with Ducati,” Brivio told motogp.com. “So, there will be some disappointed riders who will perhaps try to go to some other factory team.”
“Once all the official teams are full, there will be more disappointed riders (laughs)! At that time we will have to wait. Furthermore, we need to understand what Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez want to do. Everyone talks to everyone, but nothing is moving for now,” he added.
Raul Fernandez, Trackhouse Racing Team
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In recent weeks, there has been talk of the possibility that Trackhouse could try to sign current Moto2 title candidate Joe Roberts. Among other things, he would join Justin Marks’ team also due to the fact that he is American, this union could create an important attraction for Liberty Media, the new promoter of the championship. Brivio did not refer to the driver, but confirmed that the American structure has “its ambitions” which go beyond those of training young drivers to join the official team of the Noale company.
“We have our ambitions, to fight for the best possible positions. We don’t necessarily have to develop young riders for Aprilia. This is always exciting, and when it works you find great talent. But we want to continue to seek better and better results,” she underlined.
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