Penny 3: Pedro Acosta To Join Marc Marquez At Ducati

It has been the wildest day of MotoGP silly season news in many years. In fact, probably since I started working in MotoGP 18 years ago. Although nothing is officially confirmed yet – understandably, given that both Honda teams and Gresini Ducati have not even held the launches of their 2026 seasons – the extremely reliable journalist Oriol Puigdemont is reporting that Fabio Quartararo will be joining Honda for 2027 and 2028, and that Jorge Martin will be taking his place in the factory Yamaha squad for the next two years.