Alex Marquez talks about his future in MotoGP – Move to KTM team in 2027 imminent – Over half the field may soon be under contract
Alex Marquez, who is currently finalizing his contract with the KTM factory team for 2027, emphasizes that more than half of the riders will have signed their contracts before the first race of the 2026 MotoGP season.
Of course, the runner-up world championship title he achieved last year has caused the younger Marquez brother’s market value to skyrocket. At 29 years of age and after six seasons in MotoGP, now seems to be the right time to capitalize on that value.
According to information from Motorsport.com Spain, the Gresini rider’s future with KTM is practically sealed from 2027 onwards.
Once the contract is signed in the coming days, Alex Marquez will share the Austrian factory team’s pit with Maverick Vinales from next year. Pedro Acosta is set to join the Ducati factory team.
“The goal of every rider is to ride for a factory team,” says Alex Marquez. “But I’m very happy at Gresini. When the time comes, I’ll decide what’s best for my future. But right now, I want to focus on this preseason.”
After a few turbulent days on the rider market, Alex Marquez—like Pedro Acosta and Fabio Quartararo before him—symbolically turned on his answering machine so that no one would misinterpret his words and think he had already made up his mind.
“We are working to have the best options when the moment of decision comes. I won’t deny that Gresini is the most solid option, but it’s true that this may be the moment to take a risk.”
“Because you never know which bike will be the most competitive with the new regulations,” adds the Spaniard, convinced that the rider carousel could already be largely decided before the season starts in Thailand on the first weekend in March.
“More than 50 percent of the riders will have their future sorted before the first race. Many teams and many manufacturers have to commit early so they don’t miss out on the best riders,” says Alex Marquez, convinced of the turbulent transfer merry-go-round. In his best season in the premier class so far, the number 73 rider scored three wins and a total of twelve podium finishes. These results earned him the runner-up title, directly behind his brother Marc, who was unbeatable until his injury in Indonesia. Second place in the overall standings earned him such high regard within Ducati that he will already be riding the current factory bike for the upcoming MotoGP season and will be more closely involved in the evaluation of technical developments.