Written by Isha Reshmi Mohan, Edited by Rohan Brown
As five out of the nine MotoGP teams have officially revealed their new liveries, here’s a roundup of all the new livery launches that have taken place, in case you’ve missed them.
Trackhouse Racing the first to reveal their MotoGP livery
Riders: Raúl Fernández and Ai Ogura
Trackhouse MotoGP team were the first to kick off the series of reveals, along with their NASCAR team on the 14th of January.
The team opted for a blue and black color scheme this season, moving away from last season's American flag design on their bikes.
However, this is not the ‘completed’ look as the final version of the Aprilia RS-GP is set to debut at the season opener in Buriram, followed by a few more as the season goes on.
Davide Brivio, team principal of Trackhouse team explains: "We're going to play a little bit with liveries during this season. Let's leave a little bit of surprise - this is one version, we'll have other versions."
After struggling with a lack of sponsors during their initial season, Trackhouse announced their partnership with Gulf Oil for the 2025 season in December.
Aprilia Racing
Riders: Jorge Martín and Marco Bezzecchi
Test Rider: Lorenzo Savadori
Following the sub team, bearing the 2024 World Champion for the upcoming season, Aprilia revealed their livery, losing the purple accents from last season.
The launch also put an end to the long going debate on what number Jorge Martín would display on his bike, as he finally had the number one he so proudly yearned for in his racing career.
Bezzecchi finally made the move to Aprilia after three years with VR46. He had initially been offered a seat back in 2020 while still racing in Moto2.
Although he declined the offer at the time, the Italian revealed that he then approached Rivola last year and was welcomed with open arms.
As expected of any team, they race with hopes to win the championship at the end of the season, but Martín had made it clear that his focus is on the 2026 season, as it wasn’t unrealistic to be able to defend the title this season.
"The opportunity could come as early as 2026. But for now, I just have to do my best.” Martín explained in the Tengo Un Plan podcast
With the Barcelona test completed right after the end of the 2024 season, Martín and Bezzecchi have been vocal about their experiences with the Aprilia bike and how they’ve been adjusting to it over time.
“In the Barcelona test I was riding like it was still a Ducati. I need to change a lot my style,” Martín explained.
“I think the bike is really good. I need time to adapt to it. But that’s it, I think we can do a great job.”
“During the Barcelona tests I was able to try both the 2024 bike and the 2025 prototype and I immediately preferred the latter.
I had positive sensations, fantastic stability at the front, an Aprilia characteristic, super aerodynamics that makes it very stable,” Bezzechi explained after his pre-season test.
Gresini Racing
Riders: Álex Márquez and Fermín Aldeguer
All the way from the Imola circuit, the Gresini team revealed their pastel blue and chrome themed bikes.
Márquez will be on his third year with the team and will be taking on the ‘senior’ role as he will be riding along with rookie Aldeguer who stepped in to replace the older Márquez brother that ‘graduated’ to the factory team.
Fermín has shared his goal of claiming the rookie of the year title at the end of the season but is also aware of his ‘competition’ being the Moto2 champion, Ai Ogura and Somkiat Chantra.
Expectations of Álex and a warm welcome to the rookie from Nadia : “Fermín has just arrived, but he already found a place in our hearts, while I believe Álex can and must battle for the top five in each race weekend…”
Ducati Lenovo Team
Riders: Marc Máarquez and Francesco Bagnaia
Test Rider: Michele Pirro
Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Márquez, forming what could be considered one of the most decorated lineups with two and six world titles respectively, unveiled the new Ducati Factory team livery on the 20th January 2025 20.
Pecco came close to securing his third world title last season but narrowly lost out to Jorge Martín, while Márquez is "back" in form, as seen by his performance with Gresini Racing alongside his brother.
The dynamic duo will be held to a higher standard but is equally expected to battle it out on track to prove who is the best. As Bagnaia said last season, "It could be super good or a disaster."
Bagnaia returns to the number 63 : “I will return to the track with the number 63 after a 2024 that did not give me the greatest joy, the title I mean, but was very hard-fought and I have achieved several records…”
When asked about Pecco's decision to not be a "gentleman," referencing Davide's request to the Italian rider as shown in Ducati's documentary, and how it relates to now being teammates with Márquez, who is considered one of the most "ungentlemanly" riders as he will try to win at all costs.
Pecco stated that he will allow the Spaniard to not be gentlemanly while he himself will continue to be the same.
Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team
Riders: Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio
Sticking to the same fluorescent yellow-white combination, the VR46 team hosted their showcase in Indonesia on the 25th of January.
The only noticeable difference from last year is that the yellow colour for the 2025 season is much lighter and more fluorescent.
As for the driver lineup, following Bezzecchi's move to Aprilia alongside Martín, the team has welcomed Franco Morbidelli, who was also Martín's teammate at Prema last season.
Di Giannantonio, who joined MotoGP in 2022 and has exclusively ridden Ducati bikes, will be using the latest factory model, making it the only GP25 bike on the grid outside of the factory team. Meanwhile, Franco will be riding the 2024 model.
When asked about the Ducati affiliation to the team manager, Pablo Nieto, he said: "This means that we will have full support from Ducati, we will have exactly the same bike as them.
"This means that we can fight for the podium in every race – I don’t know about the title, because that is very, very difficult."
Six more teams are set to unveil their showcases next month ahead of the Bangkok Launch on February 9th and the preseason test at Buriram the following week. Stay tuned for the next round-up featuring the remaining teams.
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