Alex Marquez targeting factory MotoGP seat at Yama...

Alex Marquez is chasing a manufacturing facility seat in MotoGP for 2027 following his breakthrough marketing campaign in MotoGP final yr.

After spending a lot of his profession within the shadow of his older brother Marc Marquez, the Gresini rider emerged runner-up in 2025 with a formidable marketing campaign that included three grand prix victories, three Dash wins, twelve podiums and a pole place.

His outcomes final season haven’t gone unnoticed by different groups, and the Spaniard (who will flip 30 on 23 April) doesn’t wish to let the chance to journey for a manufacturing facility crew slip by his fingers on the peak of his profession. 

The youthful Marquez made the step as much as MotoGP in 2020, signed to interchange the unexpectedly retired Jorge Lorenzo on the manufacturing facility Honda crew. That was additionally the yr his brother Marc was sidelined by harm, and Alex endured a troublesome marketing campaign ‘alone’ within the HRC storage however nonetheless managed two second-place finishes as a rookie.

The next season, Honda moved him to its satellite tv for pc LCR crew, the place he grew to become one of many casualties of the Japanese producer’s technical decline. 

In 2023, Marquez switched to Gresini, securing a seat aboard a satellite tv for pc Ducati by his private sponsors and lining up alongside Fabio Di Giannantonio, then the crew’s lead rider below proprietor Nadia Padovani. 

That transfer modified his profession trajectory — and likewise mirrored the trail his brother later took — however monetary realities haven’t mirrored his on-track efficiency. In 2024, Gresini paid him round €350,000, a sum that elevated barely in 2025 however nonetheless sits far beneath what a championship runner-up and a number of winner would usually command. 

Soar to a manufacturing facility seat

With the manufacturing facility Ducati seats successfully closed — following the Italian marque’s settlement to retain Marc Márquez and bring in Pedro Acosta — Alex Marquez is quietly however swiftly exploring alternatives to safe a manufacturing facility journey for 2027. 

His prime targets are Yamaha and KTM, with Aprilia remaining a fallback choice. A return to Honda shouldn’t be presently seen as a sensible prospect. 

KTM can be a pure vacation spot given Alex’s lengthy affiliation with Pink Bull as a sponsor, and since his private backing has helped bolster his earnings prior to now. Nonetheless, monetary uncertainties surrounding the Austrian producer — which stays in a big disaster — lead many to consider Yamaha is the Spaniard’s main goal. 

At Yamaha, he would additionally face inside competitors for the seat, notably from Francesco Bagnaia, who is known to be among the many riders vying for a similar place. 

Aprilia, with a a lot smaller price range, would possible pursue Enea Bastianini as its precedence after failing to safe a response from Bagnaia’s representatives. 

Nonetheless, Alex Marquez’s journey in MotoGP shouldn’t be essentially over if a manufacturing facility journey doesn’t materialise. His ties with Gresini stay sturdy, and will his ambition of stepping as much as a manufacturing facility squad not come to fruition for 2027, the doorways on the outfit the place he has loved his finest outcomes will stay open past 2026. 

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– The Motorsport.com Group