Before Japanese Grand Prix, which will keep us awake this weekend, the MotoGP grid has become a little more finalized in view of 2019. Takaaki Nakagami has indeed been confirmed in his position as Cal Crutchlow's teammate at Honda LCR. Here are the elite numbers at 21 pilots out of 22 possible. But who is missing?
The one who has not yet responded to the call is the injured man from Silverstone and has been missing ever since, Esteve Rabat. In principle, he is in no way in the hot seat within an Avintia Ducati team for which he is the spearhead. However, nothing has been signed yet. Priority is logically given to prolonged convalescence. Nothing is less certain than seeing the man called Tito return in the middle of this season's overseas campaign.
In the meantime, here is the state of play with the end of the contracts mentioned for those who have already secured their fate... we are seeing two French people, which does not displease us!
MotoGP 2019 starting grid: the year marks the end of the contract.
| Movistar Yamaha | |||
| Valentino Rossi | Yamaha M1 | 2020 | |
| Maverick Vinales | Yamaha M1 | 2020 | |
| Repsol Honda | |||
| Jorge Lorenzo | Honda RC213V | 2020 | |
| Marc Márquez | Honda RC213V | 2020 | |
| Ecstar Suzuki | |||
| alex rins | Suzuki GSX-RR | 2020 | |
| Joan mir | Suzuki GSX-RR | 2020 | |
| Gresini Aprilia | |||
| Alex Espargaro | Aprilia RS-GP | 2020 | |
| Andrea Iannone | Aprilia RS-GP | 2020 | |
| KTM Factory | |||
| Johann zarco | KTM RC16 | 2020 | |
| Espargaro Pol | KTM RC16 | 2020 | |
| Factory Ducati | |||
| Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati GP19 | 2020 | |
| Danilo Petrucci | Ducati GP19 | 2019 | |
| Satellite Teams | |||
| Bow Ducati | |||
| Pecco Bagnaia | Ducati GP18 | 2020 | |
| Jack Miller | Ducati GP19 | 2019 | |
| Honda LCR | |||
| Cal Crutchlow | Honda RC213V | 2020 | |
| Taka Nakagami | Honda RC213V | 2019 | |
| Tech3 KTM | |||
| Miguel Oliveira | KTM RC16 | 2019 | |
| Hafiz Syahrin | KTM RC16 | 2019 | |
| Petronas SIC Team | |||
| Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha M1 | 2019 | |
| fabio quartararo | Yamaha M1 | 2019 | |
| Avintia Ducati | |||
| Tito Rabat? | Ducati GP18 | ? | |
| Karel Abraham | Ducati GP18 | 2020 | |
