Honda has completed the rider line-ups for its factory Honda HRC Castrol and satellite Honda LCR teams ahead of MotoGP's 2027 technical regulations.
The manufacturer announced on 20 October that Diogo Moreira will join Fabio Quartararo at the factory operation under a multi-year agreement. Honda LCR will retain Johann Zarco and promote David Alonso from Moto2.
Moreira is the 2025 Moto2 world champion and entered MotoGP as a rookie in 2026. Honda describes the Brazilian as a long-term part of its factory project, but the announcement does not disclose the precise contract length, performance clauses or financial terms.
Alonso's move gives LCR another young rider alongside the experienced Zarco, who remains in the satellite programme. Honda did not publish the duration of Alonso's agreement, the commercial identities of the two LCR entries or whether the riders will receive identical technical specifications throughout the season.
The appointments matter because MotoGP will introduce 850 cc engines and a broader technical reset in 2027. Honda is pairing Quartararo's established premier-class experience with Moreira's development potential at HRC, while keeping continuity through Zarco at LCR and creating a progression route for Alonso.
Honda's corporate announcement presents the four-rider group as one programme across its two teams. Operationally, HRC and LCR remain distinct organisations, and the release does not announce an ownership change, a new technical-services agreement or a restructuring of LCR.
The manufacturer has now removed uncertainty around its 2027 rider allocation before the new machines enter competition. The next material disclosures will be contract detail, testing programmes and the final team identities and liveries; none of those were included in the line-up announcement.
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