Overview
- Yamaha officially announced that Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura will join its MotoGP factory team on two-season contracts starting in 2027.
- Jorge Martin arrives with top credentials as the 2024 world champion and a leading contender in the current championship.
- Ai Ogura joins after his breakthrough win at Assen, which made him the first Japanese rider to win a premier-class Grand Prix in 22 years.
- The signings follow Yamaha’s formal departures of Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins and come while both new hires remain under contract to their current teams through 2026.
- The move reshapes the 2027 grid as customer squads prepare to challenge the works pairing, with Pramac already holding Toprak Razgatlioglu and Izan Guevara widely expected to join that team.