It was initially strongly rumored that he would move to HRC as informed by journalist Oriol Puigdemont – Motorsport, Maverick Vinales is now strongly predicted to move to the Austrian camp and race with a satellite RC16 with a model identical to the factory motorbike, occupying the place left by Pedro Acosta or Augusto Fernandez in the Tech3 team structure led by Herve Poncharal.
Maverick Vinales will join the structure currently jointly managed by Tech 3 and the Pierer Mobility group under the sponsorship of GasGas. In 2025, both Vinales and his potential partner, Enea Bastianini will use the KTM brand again, considering that Pierer Mobility will again prioritize the KTM brand strategy with four identical prototype motorbikes on the MotoGP track.
Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta will race for the factory Red Bull KTM team, while Bastianini and Viñales are planned to team up for the Tech 3 team. With this result, Aprilia will lose its current partners, namely Vinales and Aleix Espargaró, who have decided to retire and, According to rumors, he will carry out duties as an official HRC test rider.
So, there will be one empty seat at Aprilia, racing next to Jorge Martin later. . Who will be chosen? Although the most logical thing would be to move into the hands of one of the two current VR46 Racing Team riders: Marco Bezzecchi or Fabio Di Giannantonio. Please remember, Massimo Rivola said that if Maverick left then his option could be an Italian racer.
