Ad-free MotoGP pod: Our bold 2025 predictions
Added 2025-01-08 17:55:18 +0000 UTCThe Race MotoGP Podcast has a reputation for making bold predictions, and a record that varies between getting them spookily spot on and wildly way off the mark and not a lot in between.
So how will Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy, Megan White and Matt Beer's 2025 MotoGP predictions age?
They answer questions suggested by the MotoGP Podcast community in The Race Members' Club on Patreon, and it's as much about how new team/rider relationships and cross-garage pairings will play out as it is about the final results on track.
Comments
Is this where we're supposed to add our own lairy predictions? Because mine is that Honda are going to finish the year ahead of KTM in the constructor championship. Yes, I know that's not quite as mind-blowing coming after the first race of the season, but honestly, seeing how steadily the Honda camp seems to be progressing and how alarmingly fast the KTM is going to sh*t, is still somewhat of a radical statement. Guess we can start using the #bigorangemess again, despite Honda having ruined by going red with this years livery, because KTM have donned the mantle.
awinthum
2025-03-04 15:55:09 +0000 UTCLooks doubtful to me he is demanding too much he wants a factory bike straight away which I really can’t see happening
Reise Childs
2025-01-16 14:08:40 +0000 UTCOk, it appears to be LEERY. My prediction is that, despite hoping for the opposite, Jorge Martin is going to struggle in the first 1/2 of the season. 1) I think he had a great crew at Pramac that knew him and the bike very well. That will be missed. 2) While he reigned in his emotions and impulsiveness last year, the issues from 1) will be wearing and frustrating him. 3) Aprilia didn't do well in managing Maverick, and will struggle with Jorge. 4) He has a new bike to contend with.
David Clemens
2025-01-14 22:03:20 +0000 UTCNot sure if this has been addressed but what's the chances Toprak moves full time to MotoGP?
Jefferson Betmarik
2025-01-10 15:43:46 +0000 UTC👀 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6r2HSLppWR2NrgJNJTDRAk
Glenn Freeman (The Race)
2025-01-10 15:30:09 +0000 UTCSorry for my ignorance - Megan references a friend of Pecco’s who is happy to go on podcasts and throw some shade. Who is that, may I ask? Obviously I have missed some goss. Great pod as always. Became a member for the 2015 review. Can’t wait!
MitchMcNuggets
2025-01-10 14:57:32 +0000 UTCMy Larry prediction is that Vinales will quit halfway through the year and take whatever he can, even if it is as a test rider. Possibly lining himself up to replace Franky Morbidelli in 2026.
Goose
2025-01-09 15:11:31 +0000 UTCI like how it took 30 seconds to get on about Vinales being unhappy. I think the real truth about him is he will have one amazing race where everyone will get excited. And then he will go back to his random number generator self. Personally I like Vinales as a person in the interviews with him, but he is so inconsistent I’m amazed he keeps his job. ESP after his bs at yahama.
GrumpyGrizz
2025-01-08 19:08:12 +0000 UTCMy not so lairy prediction is that Rins will be 1nd in the Japan Cup. My lairy prediction is that Aleix will be 3rd!
David Martin
2025-01-08 18:53:30 +0000 UTCThanks for answering my question! My larey prediction is that Ogura will have the beating of Fernandez and I think Aldeguer has a genuine chance of matching A Marquez and Morbidelli for performance (based largely on precedent of Digi/Carcheddi magic from '23) - key will be consistency like you say!
Duncan Bertram
2025-01-08 18:47:59 +0000 UTCOh, I can't wait to hear some of these!
Goose
2025-01-08 17:56:34 +0000 UTC
