The MotoGP rider market for 2025 has not yet started to move. However, it seems inevitable that riders of recognized quality will be left without a place – between promotions from Moto2 and changes within the premier class.
Jorge Lorenzo commented on DAZN that he foresees someone moving from MotoGP to the World Superbike Championship in 2025 – emphasizing that there will eventually be riders left without a bike in the top class:
– I think there will be some movement from MotoGP to Superbike next year. Some rider will be left without a competitive bike next year. There are so many riders… […]. We’ll see what happens with [Franco] Morbidelli, [Fabio] Di Giannantonio… not because they are bad; they are very good, but at the moment there are riders who have shown more. And where are you going to put them?
At this moment, only five riders have secured their spot in MotoGP in 2025: Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM), Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), Johann Zarco (LCR Honda), Luca Marini (Repsol Honda), and rookie Fermín Aldeguer. It’s not uncommon for riders to move directly from MotoGP to WSBK, as was the case in recent years with Álvaro Bautista or Remy Gardner. Danilo Petrucci also spent a season in AMA MotoAmerica between the two categories.