Five seats remain officially unfilled on the 2027 MotoGP grid following another wave of rider announcements ahead of the championship’s switch to new 850cc machinery.
VR46 Racing Team, Honda HRC, LCR Honda, Red Bull KTM Tech3 and Prima Pramac Yamaha each have one vacancy remaining, with several established names and rising stars still in contention.
The 2027 rider market has already produced some of the biggest moves in recent MotoGP history, particularly among the factory teams.
Ducati will retain reigning world champion Marc Marquez but have signed Pedro Acosta from KTM as his new team-mate, while Francesco Bagnaia will leave the Italian manufacturer to partner Marco Bezzecchi at Aprilia.
Yamaha will have an entirely new factory line-up after signing 2024 world champion Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura, while Fabio Quartararo will end his long association with the Japanese manufacturer to join Honda HRC.
KTM have also completely reshaped their factory team, with Alex Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio replacing Acosta and Brad Binder for the start of the new technical era.
There have been significant changes among the satellite teams too.
Gresini have completed their line-up with 2020 world champion Joan Mir and Moto2 graduate Daniel Holgado, while Trackhouse will field Raul Fernandez alongside Enea Bastianini.
Luca Marini became the latest rider to secure his future after agreeing to leave Honda for Tech3, while Fermin Aldeguer will remain within the Ducati family by switching from Gresini to VR46.
Their moves leave five places still to be decided.
At Honda, the question is less about who will remain in MotoGP and more about where they will race. HRC have already signed Moto2 star David Alonso on a multi-year deal, while Diogo Moreira is also under contract with the manufacturer.
One is expected to partner Quartararo at Honda HRC, with the other potentially joining Johann Zarco at LCR, meaning two of the five remaining seats could effectively be filled by the two young South American riders.
VR46 have another intriguing decision to make alongside Aldeguer.
WorldSBK star Nicolo Bulega has emerged as the leading candidate after playing an important role in Ducati’s development of its 850cc MotoGP prototype.
A promotion would give the Italian his first full-time MotoGP opportunity and keep both VR46 seats occupied by Ducati-contracted riders.
Tech3, meanwhile, have one place remaining alongside Marini, with Moto2 contenders Senna Agius and Manuel Gonzalez among the names linked with the seat.
Agius has been particularly strongly associated with a promotion, which would give the Australian his MotoGP debut and provide another example of KTM looking towards the intermediate class for its next generation of talent.
The final vacancy is at Pramac, where Toprak Razgatlioglu is already contracted for a second MotoGP season with Yamaha.
Former Moto3 world champion Izan Guevara has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Jack Miller, potentially giving the Spaniard his first opportunity in the premier class after four seasons in Moto2.
The remaining decisions could therefore add several more rookies to a grid already guaranteed to feature Holgado, while Alonso is also set to make the step up through his Honda deal.
It also leaves several experienced MotoGP riders facing uncertain futures.
Binder, Miller, Franco Morbidelli and Alex Rins have all been linked with moves to the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), while Maverick Vinales is another established race winner without a confirmed MotoGP seat for 2027.
