Red Bull KTM Completes the 2027 Grid With Alex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing has confirmed Alex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio for 2027, closing out Red Bull KTM 2027 as the sixth team announcement in a complete MotoGP grid reshuffle stretching back to Ducati, Yamaha, Aprilia, and Gresini.

Alex Márquez Returns to KTM, the Brand That Gave Him His First Win

Márquez brings six years of MotoGP experience and 13 seasons of world championship racing across all three classes, with titles already won in both Moto3 and Moto2. His 16 career victories from 56 podium appearances span Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP — a rare distinction few riders on the current grid can claim. The KTM connection isn’t new: Márquez’s first-ever GP podium and win came aboard a KTM RC4 in Moto3 back in 2013. Red Bull KTM 2027 marks a genuine return to the brand that gave him his start.

Under Red Bull KTM 2027, Márquez arrives on the back of his best MotoGP season yet: wins at Jerez, Catalunya, and Malaysia carried him to runner-up in the World Championship. He won again at Jerez in 2026. KTM Motorsports Director Pit Beirer framed the signing around development, not just results — Márquez’s “determination and a winning mindset” are explicitly tied to developing the RC16 for the new 850cc formula arriving in 2027, the same regulation reset driving every other manufacturer’s moves this month.

Fabio Di Giannantonio: A Winner in Every Category, Now Fighting for the Title

Di Giannantonio shares a rare credential with his new teammate: race wins in Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP, one of only a handful of riders on the grid who can say the same. The 27-year-old Roman made his full Grand Prix debut in 2016, was Moto3 runner-up in 2018, podiumed in his first Moto2 season, and won a Moto2 race in his third. A 2022 MotoGP rookie, he adapted quickly — his first trophy came in Australia in 2023, followed by a maiden win in Qatar that same year.

Di Giannantonio arrives at Red Bull KTM 2027 in genuinely strong form, not as a reclamation project — currently top-three in the 2026 championship standings, with three rostrum finishes including one win and four Sprint podiums through ten rounds, and squarely in title contention. Beirer’s read on the signing: “Fabio has clearly made a step to become one of the consistent front-running guys in MotoGP.”

With Red Bull KTM 2027 confirmed, six manufacturers, six sets of announcements, one almost complete 2027 grid — and Red Bull KTM confrims two riders who’ve both already won in every class MotoGP has to offer. Márquez brings the brand full circle to where his career started; Di Giannantonio brings current title-contending form. Whatever the RC16 becomes under the new 850cc formula, KTM has built a lineup that already knows how to evolve under pressure.

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