Is The MotoGP Contract Dispute With The MSMA A Harbinger Of Liberty Media Intervention?

Is The MotoGP Contract Dispute With The MSMA A Harbinger Of Liberty Media Intervention?

Note: this article rests on publicly available reporting from sources such as articles by Oriol Puigdemont on Motorsport.com_, as well as on private conversations with people involved with Liberty, MSEG, and other parties who did not wish to be named. As such, the full article is only available to_ paying subscribers_and_ Patreon backers_, the members who support the website._

We have known since January that most of the MotoGP seats for 2027 are already filled. There have been multiple stories about who is going where, with perhaps as many as 16 of the 22 seats taken. It has been public knowledge for months now that Fabio Quartararo is going to Honda, Pedro Acosta is going to join Marc Márquez at Ducati, Alex Márquez will become a factory rider with the Red Bull KTM squad, Pecco Bagnaia will join Marco Bezzecchi at Aprilia. Yet Bezzecchi remains the only rider publicly confirmed and announced at a team.

David Emmett Fri, 10/Apr/2026 - 18:06

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