MotoGP 21 has impressed us on a number of levels and we can't get enough of it! To find out exactly why we love it so much, check out our full review.
The game is coming to last and current-gen consoles, as well as Switch and PC through Steam and Epic Games store.
With the 2021 season underway, let's take a look at all the riders you'll be able to play as in MotoGP 21!
Table of Contents
- #5 - Johann Zarco
- #9 - Danilo Petrucci
- #10 - Luca Marini
- #12 - Maverick Vinales
- #20 - Fabio Quartararo
- #21 - Franco Morbidelli
- #23 - Enea Bastianini
- #27 - Iker Lecuona
- #30 - Takaaki Nakagami
- #32 - Lorenzo Savadori
- #33 - Brad Binder
- #36 - Joan Mir
- #41 - Aleix Espargaro
- #42 - Alex Rins
- #43 - Jack Miller
- #44 - Pol Espargaro
- #46 - Valentino Rossi
- #63 - Francesco Bagnaia
- #73 - Alex Marquez
- #88 - Miguel Oliveira
- #89 - Jorge Martin
- #93 - Marc Marquez
- Historical riders
- More Riders
- Moto2
- Moto3
- MotoE
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#5 - Johann Zarco
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+ 23With both 2020 Pramac riders moving to Ducati's factory team, Johann Zarco is one of the riders filling in. Zarco rode for Esponsorama last season.
#9 - Danilo Petrucci
click to enlarge + 23Danilo Petrucci is making the switch from Ducati to KTM for the 2021 season. The Italian rider will compete for the Tech3 team.
#10 - Luca Marini
click to enlarge + 23Luca Marini is making the step up from Moto2 to make his MotoGP debut in 2021. He will ride for Esponsorama Racing after finishing runner-up in 2020's Moto2 championship.
#12 - Maverick Vinales
click to enlarge + 23Maverick Vinales will be looking for a better season in 2021 after his sixth place in the riders' standings in 2020. He will continue to ride for Monster Energy Yamaha.
#20 - Fabio Quartararo
click to enlarge + 23Fabio Quartararo has big boots to fill in 2021, as he replaces the great Valentino Rossi at Yamaha's factory team. He's living up to expectations so far though, as he currently leads the championship after France.
#21 - Franco Morbidelli
click to enlarge + 232020 runner-up Franco Morbidelli remains with Yamaha and the Petronas SRT Team. He will partner fellow Italian Rossi at the Malaysian outfit.
#23 - Enea Bastianini
click to enlarge + 23Enea Bastianini is another rider who's getting his MotoGP debut in 2021. The Italian won last year's Moto2 championship and will partner Marini at Esponsorama.
#27 - Iker Lecuona
click to enlarge + 23Iker Lecuona will remain with Tech3 and KTM for the 2021 season. The Spaniard has a tough 2020 and will be looking to improve on his first full season in MotoGP.
#30 - Takaaki Nakagami
click to enlarge + 23Takaaki Nakagami had his best ever MotoGP season this year, finishing 10th overall. The Japanese rider will remain with LCR Honda in 2021.
#32 - Lorenzo Savadori
click to enlarge + 23After riding in the last three MotoGPs of 2020, Lorenzo Savadori has been rewarded with a full-time drive for Aprillia for 2021. Before this, Savadori raced in the MotoE series.
#33 - Brad Binder
click to enlarge + 23Brad Binder's debut season in MotoGP was a solid start to his top-level motorcycle career. The South African finish 11th overall and will remain with Red Bull KTM.
#36 - Joan Mir
click to enlarge + 23The 2020 champion remains with Suzuki after winning the Japanese company's first title since 2000. Mir will do very well to retain his title, but he was very consistent last season.
#41 - Aleix Espargaro
click to enlarge + 23Aleix Espargaro will remain with Aprillia for 2021 after an indifferent season in 2020.
#42 - Alex Rins
click to enlarge + 23Alex Rins came out on top in the upper-midfield battle despite a poor result in the final round in Portugal. Rins will continue to partner Mir at Suzuki for 2021.
#43 - Jack Miller
click to enlarge + 23Jack Miller will also be making the leap up to Ducati's factory team for 2021. The Aussie rider will be looking to get his first win in five years next year and build on a personal best of seventh in the riders' standings.
#44 - Pol Espargaro
click to enlarge + 23Pol Espargaro is another rider who will be looking to improve on a PB in 2020. The Spaniard was fifth overall in last season's standings but is still looking for his first MotoGP win.
Espargaro won't have it easy though, as he will be partnering Marc Marquez at Repsol Honda.
#46 - Valentino Rossi
click to enlarge + 23It's fair to say that Valentino Rossi's best days are behind him, but the 42-year-old is far from making the numbers up. The seven-time champion remains with Yamaha but leaves their factory team in favour of Petronas.
#63 - Francesco Bagnaia
click to enlarge + 23Francesco Bagnaia will be joining Miller at the factory Ducati team in 2021. Bagnaia missed several races last season but still managed 16th overall.
#73 - Alex Marquez
click to enlarge + 23Alex Marquez made his MotoGP debut in 2020 and while not on the same level as his brother, he did do a decent job. Two second places secured his 2021 seat, as he moves to LCR Honda.
#88 - Miguel Oliveira
click to enlarge + 23Miguel Oliveira gets the promotion to the senior KTM team after a ninth-place finish overall in 2020. The Portuguese rider will partner Binder at the team.
#89 - Jorge Martin
click to enlarge + 23Jorge Martin is another young rider who will get his MotoGP debut in 2021. The 22-year-old finished fifth in Moto2 and will ride for the Pramac Ducati team.
#93 - Marc Marquez
click to enlarge + 23Marc Marquez will be looking to take back his MotoGP crown in 2021. The Spanish legend had won the previous six championships in a row, before an injury at the start of the 2020 season ruled him out for the year.
He remains with Honda, who he has signed with until the end of the 2023 season.
Historical riders
The MotoGP games have included historical content in recent years. These include re-living classic scenarios from season's past. Riders and bikes of the past are available in these, so we should see some old faces.
click to enlarge + 23Who will be included is anybody's guess, but Milestone tends to focus on the late 90s and early 2000s.
Going off that, we could see the likes of Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and the late Nicky Hayden in MotoGP 21.
More Riders
MotoGP 20 included much more than MotoGP riders. Milestone's annual MotoGP game also included the full rosters for Moto2, Moto3, MotoE and more.
That will be the case for MotoGP 21, as the game will more than likely also include the complete Moto2, Moto3, MotoE, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, 4-Stroke and 2-Stroke championships.
Moto2
Moto2 is the direct feeder series for MotoGP. Three Moto2 riders from 2020 will be making their MotoGP debuts in 2021, who from the current crop will make the step up for 2022?
The complete roster of 30 riders for the 2021 Moto2 season has already been confirmed and is listed in the table below:
| Team | Constructor | No. | Rider |
|---|---|---|---|
| EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 22 | Sam Lowes |
| EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 37 | Augusto Fernandez |
| Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 11 | Nicolo Bulega |
| Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio |
| IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 35 | Somkiat Chantra |
| IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 79 | Ai Ogura |
| Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 16 | Joe Roberts |
| Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta |
| Liqui Moly Intact GP | Kalex | 14 | Tony Arbolino |
| Liqui Moly Intact GP | Kalex | 23 | Marcel Schrotter |
| Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | Kalex | 12 | Thomas Luthi |
| Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | Kalex | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder |
| Petronas Sprinta Racing | Kalex | 96 | Jake Dixon |
| Petronas Sprinta Racing | Kalex | 97 | Xavi Vierge |
| Pons HP40 | Kalex | 40 | Hector Garzo |
| Pons HP40 | Kalex | 62 | Stefano Manzi |
| Red Bull KTM Ajo | Kalex | 25 | Raul Fernandez |
| Red Bull KTM Ajo | Kalex | 87 | Remy Gardner |
| SKY Racing Team VR46 | Kalex | 13 | Celestino Vietti |
| SKY Racing Team VR46 | Kalex | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi |
| Tennor American Racing | Kalex | 6 | Cameron Beaubier |
| Tennor American Racing | Kalex | 42 | Marcos Ramirez |
| MV Agusta Forward Racing | MV Agusta | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri |
| MV Agusta Forward Racing | MV Agusta | 24 | Simone Corsi |
| NTS RW Racing GP | NTS | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin |
| NTS RW Racing GP | NTS | 70 | Barry Baltus |
| Aspar Team | Speed Up | 44 | Aron Canet |
| Aspar Team | Speed Up | 75 | Albert Arenas |
| Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 5 | Yari Montella |
| Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 9 | Jorge Navarro |
Moto3
Moto3 is the third tier of combustion engine motorcycle racing. There's a total of 28 riders for 14 teams in this series and the entire grid has already been confirmed for 2021.
We've got the complete list below:
| Team | Constructor | No. | Rider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspar Team Moto3 | GasGas | 11 | Sergio Garcia |
| Aspar Team Moto4 | GasGas | 28 | Izan Guevara |
| Honda Team Asia | Honda | 19 | Andi Farid Azdihar |
| Honda Team Asia | Honda | 92 | Yuki Kunii |
| Leopard Racing | Honda | 7 | Dennis Foggia |
| Leopard Racing | Honda | 43 | Xavier Artigas |
| Petronas Sprinta Racing | Honda | 17 | John McPhee |
| Petronas Sprinta Racing | Honda | 40 | Darryn Binder |
| Rivacold Snipers Team | Honda | 12 | Filip Salac |
| Rivacold Snipers Team | Honda | 16 | Andrea Migno |
| SIC58 Squadra Corse | Honda | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon |
| SIC58 Squadra Corse | Honda | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki |
| Team Gresini Moto3 | Honda | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo |
| Team Gresini Moto4 | Honda | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba |
| Sterilgarda Max Racing Team | Husqvarna | 21 | Alonso Lopez |
| Sterilgarda Max Racing Team | Husqvarna | 55 | Romano Fenati |
| BOE Skill Rider Facile Energy | KTM | 54 | Riccardo Rossi |
| BOE Skill Rider Facile Energy | KTM | 82 | Stefano Nepa |
| CarXpert Prustel GP | KTM | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka |
| CarXpert Prustel GP | KTM | 50 | Jason Dupasquier |
| CIP Green Power | KTM | 27 | Kaito Toba |
| CIP Green Power | KTM | 73 | Maximilian Koffler |
| Reale Avintia Moto3 | KTM | 23 | Niccolo Antonelli |
| Reale Avintia Moto4 | KTM | 99 | Carlos Tatay |
| Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 5 | Jaume Masia |
| Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 37 | Pedro Acosta |
| Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 53 | Deniz Oncu |
| Red Bull KTM Tech4 | KTM | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki |
MotoE
MotoE was founded in 2019 and is the all-electric motorbike racing series. For 2021, seven races are currently planned for the championship.
Unlike the other series featured in this article, MotoE is a stock series. This means that all riders use the same bike, the Ego Corsa.
The full roster of MotoE drivers for 2021 has now been finalised:
| Team | No. | Rider |
|---|---|---|
| Aspar Team MotoE | 6 | Maria Herrera |
| Aspar Team MotoE | 54 | Fermin Aldeguer |
| Avant Ajo MotoE | 78 | Hikari Okubo |
| Esponsorama Racing | 14 | Andre Pires |
| Esponsorama Racing | 18 | Xavier Cardelus |
| Gresini MotoE | 9 | Andrea Mantovani |
| Gresini MotoE | 11 | Matteo Ferrari |
| Intact GP | 77 | Dominique Aegerter |
| LCR E-Team | 21 | Kevin Zannoni |
| LCR E-Team | 71 | Miquel Pons |
| Pons Racing 40 | 40 | Jordi Torres |
| Pons Racing 40 | 53 | Jasper Iwema |
| Pramac MotoE | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone |
| Pramac MotoE | 68 | Yonny Hernandez |
| Sic58 Squadra Corse | 27 | Mattia Casadei |
| Tech3 E-Racing | 35 | Lukas Tulovic |
| Tech3 E-Racing | 19 | Corentin Perolan |
| WithU Motorsport | 51 | Eric Granado |
We will be bringing you the full list of riders for the other series that will be included in MotoGP 21 in due course.
For more articles like this, take a look at our MotoGP page.