The 2026 MotoGP season begins with the Thai Grand Prix on March 1st and would be the ultimate 12 months of the 1000cc motorbike components.
This season would be the final of the present regulation cycle, forward of a significant overhaul in 2027 that may rebuild the grid.
This 12 months can also be the ultimate 12 months of most riders’ contracts, that means there shall be little motion forward of the 2026 season.
As such, there’s additionally stability in most factories and their crew lineups, though there are some notable adjustments.
Under is an entire overview of every rider and their crew chief for the 2026 season.
ducati lenovo workforce
Marc Marquez – Marco Rigamonti
Pecco Bagnaia – Christian Gabarini
Ducati’s manufacturing facility workforce, which dominated the 2025 season, has understandably chosen to maintain the identical rider and crew chief mixture for an additional marketing campaign.
Marquez partnered Marco Rigamonti for the primary time final 12 months and has labored with Frankie Carcedi at Gresini in 2024 and Santi Hernandez at Honda in 2023. Regardless of having to forge a brand new relationship together with his crew chief, Marquez and Rigamonti hit it off instantly, and the pair received 11 Grands Prix, 14 Sprints and a commanding world title.
Christian Gabbarrini was Pecco Bagnaia’s right-hand man for a few years at Ducati, serving to him win back-to-back world titles. Final 12 months was lower than excellent for Bagnaia, however Ducati hopes that staying put will ultimately get the Italian again to the place he belongs.
aprilia racing
Marco Bezzecchi – Francesco Venturato
Jorge Martin – Daniele Romagnoli
As soon as once more, there aren’t any adjustments to Aprilia’s manufacturing facility workforce and we wish to construct on the very best season in MotoGP historical past in 2025.
Marco Bezzecchi partnered with former Maverick Vinales efficiency engineer Francesco Venturato final 12 months, and collectively they received three Grands Prix.
Jorge Martin has introduced Daniele Romagnoli to Aprilia from his title-winning Pramac workforce, offering him with a reliable and pleasant face and determine as he appears to make sure he overcomes the challenges of 2025.
KTM Manufacturing unit Racing
Pedro Acosta – Paul Trevathan
blood binder – Phil Maron
The largest crew chief change for the 2026 season will happen on the storage facet as KTM and Brad Binder half methods with Andres Madrid. KTM’s head of motorsport Pit Byler stated late final 12 months that he felt the pairing had turn into too snug which contributed to Binder’s poor outcomes.
In 2026, he shall be joined by Phil Maron, who helped Toprak Razgatlioglu win three World Superbike titles and is extremely wanted within the MotoGP paddock.
Pedro Acosta continues to get pleasure from success in his partnership with Paul Trevathan.
Manufacturing unit Yamaha MotoGP
Fabio Quartararo -Diego Gubellini
alex rins – David Munoz
The 2026 season shall be Yamaha’s largest in years, with Yamaha debuting the primary V4 engine raced within the fashionable MotoGP period.
Stability shall be the secret for the manufacturing facility workforce, with Fabio Quartararo retaining long-time workforce chief Diego Gubellini and partnering with former Valentino Rossi engineer Alex Rins.
Honda HRC
Luca Marini – Christian Puplin
joan mille – Santi Hernandez
The steadiness of the rider and crew chief lineup will certainly assist Honda as they proceed to climb up the ranks.
Luca Marini will proceed with Christian Puplin, whereas Joan Mir will proceed with former Marc Marquez crew chief Santi Hernandez.
Gresini Ducati
Alex Marquez – Donatello Giovanotti
Fermin Aldegar – Frankie Carkedi
The Gresini workforce enters 2026 on the again of Alex Marquez’s rise to second place in final 12 months’s World Championship and the acquisition of a factory-spec bike from Ducati.
He’ll proceed to have Donatello Giovanotti within the squad, whereas final 12 months’s Rookie of the Yr Fermin Aldeguer will work with Frankie Carcedi.
VR46 Ducati
Fabio Di Giannantonio – Massimo Branchini
Franco Morbidelli – Matteo Flamini
This 12 months’s VR46 Ducati Group will see no adjustments to its rider/crew chief line-up, with Fabio Di Giannantonio remaining alongside Massimo Branchini.
Franco Morbidelli will even proceed with long-time VR46 engineer Matteo Flamini.
truck home aprilia
Raul Fernandez – Noe Herrera
Ai Ogura – Giovanni Mattarolo
The Trackhouse workforce received its first race final 12 months with Raul Fernandez. The workforce opted in opposition to splitting their successful partnership, with Noe Herrera opting to proceed with the Spaniard.
Ai Ogura will even stay for Giovanni Mattarolo’s second marketing campaign.
LCR Honda
Johann Zarco – David Garcia
Diogo Moreira – Klaus Noles
The LCR Honda workforce additionally achieved a victory in 2025 with Johann Zarco. Zarco will proceed with David Garcia as his crew chief.
Present Moto2 World Champion Diogo Moreira will take over from Somkiat Chantra’s crew chief Klaus Noles from his rookie season.
Tech 3 KTM
Enea Bastianini – Andres Madrid
maverick vinales – Manuel Cazeau
New possession, led by former Haas F1 Group Principal Günther Steiner, has come into impact and the Tech3 workforce has undergone important adjustments forward of the 2026 season.
Enea Bastianini’s powerful 2025 season at KTM noticed a change of crew chief halfway by the season as Alberto Giribuola, who he had labored with at Gresini, was changed by Xavi Pacin. Brad Binder’s former crew chief, Andres Madrid, took over the position alongside Bastianini.
Maverick Vinales will stay with former Alex Rins crew chief Manu Cazeau.
pramac yamaha
jack miller – Giacomo Guidotti
Toprak Razgatriol – Alberto Giribuola
Pramac Group will welcome three-time World Superbike Champion Toprak Razgatrioglu to its lineup for the 2026 season. Though he was unable to take Phil Maron from World Superbike, he ended up partnering Alberto Gilibula.
Jack Miller will proceed alongside Giacomo Guidotti.
