Jorge Martinez on 2027: This is how the CFMOTO-Aspar Moto3 team will line up

In the so-called ‘feeder classes’ of MotoGP – the Moto3 and Moto2 World Championships, from which virtually all riders in the GP elite are reliably recruited – Jorge Martinez’s Spanish team will continue to play a key role in 2026. In the intermediate World Championship class, the two riders, David Alonso and Dani Holgado, are ranked in the top five of the standings and have established links with the premier class through their Moto2 victories and thanks to the network of team owner Jorge Martinez. Holgado’s move to Gresini-Ducati has already been officially announced; confirmation regarding Alonso is still pending, but the deal has long since been agreed.

Auf dem Weg nach oben: Aspar-Schützling Maximo Quiles

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Things are looking even better in the Moto3 World Championship. Maximo Quiles is living up to his role as favourite. Quiles has already secured six wins in 2026, stood on the podium a further four times, scored points in every race and is thus the clear leader in the standings. Anything other than him winning the title would be a huge surprise.

His team-mate Marco Morelli is also putting in a very impressive performance. The latest Rookies’ Cup and JuniorGP rider to come through the Aspar setup has settled in perfectly to the World Championship. Remarkably, Morelli has also finished in the points in each of the eleven races and has already stood on the podium three times – the Argentine currently sits fourth in the World Championship standings.

Ist weiterhin CFMOTO-Aspar gesetzt: Moto3-Rookie Marco Morelli

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Not to be forgotten at ‘Aspar’ is the junior ranks in the Junior World Championship. Here too, Martinez’s official protégés are at the top. The Italian Giulio Pugliese leads ahead of Carlos Cano (Spain). The third member of the Aspar line-up, Yaroslav Karpushin from Kyrgyzstan, is a strong fifth. All three are also among the frontrunners in the Red Bull Rookies Cup. And that’s not the end of the team’s development work. They are also represented in the more broadly based European Moto4 series: here too, the championship leader is an Aspar protégé: Alvaro Lucas.

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With the academy based on the outskirts of Valencia – which serves as something of a hub for Spain’s future GP heroes coming and going – and the team structures in the championships, a top-class pool of talent has been created, which helps to offset the departure of both Holgado and Alonso to Moto2.

With a view to the rider line-up for 2027, Jorge Martinez spoke to SPEEDWEEK.com. “There have been no official announcements from us yet, but our overall situation and all our grassroots activities paint a fairly clear picture for next season. What I can say is that Maximo will continue to ride for us, but in the Moto2 team. It’s also certain that we’ll be continuing with Marco. He’ll be racing in Moto3 again. Alongside him, we’ll see one of our three riders from the Junior GP – they’re all very promising,” said Jorge Martinez.

That leaves just one vacancy in the Moto2 line-up, which Jorge Martinez must fill. The search need not be limited solely to a current top rider in the middleweight class. In 2025, Aspar kicked off the season with rookies Alonso and Holgado – and impressed. A possible candidate from the Moto3 World Championship is Alvaro Carpe, who, having finished third in the world championship, is keen to move up after two years.