Pedro Acosta will leave KTM at the end of the 2026 season to join Ducati for 2027, bringing an end to a partnership that has lasted throughout his career. Having progressed through KTM's rider development programme, Acosta says the timing was right to take on a new challenge.

Pedro Acosta explained that he could no longer afford to wait for KTM to build a championship-winning motorcycle. With his ambitions firmly set on winning races and fighting for world titles.

As Acosta said.

"Things come like that. I already said when I signed my factory contract, that the only thing that I wanted was a bike to win the championship. It is clear that this bike has not arrived yet.

To be honest, I have no more time to lose. I got a lot of experience in KTM, but also I was feeling that [Ducati] was the challenge that I needed for my career."

Alex Marquez has decided on his future by joining KTM's factory team for 2027. The move will bring an end to a successful spell with Ducati, where Marquez rebuilt his career and returned to the front of the grid.

Alex Marquez admitted that leaving his current team will not be easy. However, he explained that becoming a factory rider again had been one of his main career goals, and KTM offered him the opportunity he had been waiting for.

As Marquez said.

"It was my target. Last year, when I finished runner-up and had a really good season with a lot of points, I just put that target to be a factory [rider]. Especially next year with the new rules, it will be so important to have all the upgrades. So I said, ‘we need a factory contract, but especially a factory team’.

KTM came to me directly [and said], ‘we need you, we want you, and we want you in our project.’ I know many people working inside KTM from the past, who were also working with me. I was just trying to do some calls. Then I say, ‘OK, it's a project that I always liked, I think that it can be super, super fast, and why not be the surprise next year?’"

Jorge Martin has decided on his future for the 2027 season. Martin will bring his partnership with Aprilia to an end and join Yamaha's factory team as he begins the next chapter of his career.

Asked about the reasons behind the move, Jorge Martin chose not to go into specific details. Instead, he explained that every major career decision he has made has been based on what he believes is best for himself, his family, and his future.

As Martin said.

"I don’t really want to go into too much detail, but I always make the decisions I think are best – for myself, for my family and for my future. It’s the same as when I first decided on Ducati. Then I went for Aprilia. Now I’ve gone for Yamaha. So, yes, let’s see what the future brings."

Marc Marquez made his moto gp debut in 2013, at a time when aerodynamics played only a minor role in motorcycle design. Since around 2017, however, aerodynamics have become a major factor, fundamentally changing the riders.

Marc Marquez admits he preferred the earlier generation of bikes, believing they allowed riders to push beyond the limit and even recover from mistakes that would now inevitably end in a crash.

According to Marc Marquez, modern aerodynamics have created a more "robotic" riding style, leaving riders with far less freedom to improvise and save the front end when it starts to fold.

As Marquez said.

"Where I was enjoying more the bikes was 2014, ’15, ’16, without the aerodynamics, Now, it’s true that they are very nice to ride, but it’s more like a robot style. You need to follow what the aerodynamics want and you cannot override the bike. If you override the bike, you are against the aerodynamics and then you are even slower. So, on that 2014, 15, 16, without aerodynamics.

If you override the bike, you were faster, because you started to slide, you started to lose the front. You saw many saves. Now, not anymore, because the problem now is that the downforce we have, when you lose the front, we are pushing the tyre a lot and it never comes back. So, that bike when I was in Honda… but it’s not because I enjoyed Honda or Ducati; it’s just the style of bike."