While speculation has been rampant about which MotoGP riders would sign with which teams, silly season didn't truly kick into high gear until the end of January. Will Fabio Quartararo head to Honda for 2027? So far, the man himself has confirmed that talks are underway, but says that he hasn't signed anything yet.
Still, if you want to drive both the press and the fans crazy, that suggestion is certainly one way to do it. For another way, you could do what Aprilia just did with its announcement that it's signed Marco Bezzecchi to a new two-year contract. Once the speculation is over and the paperwork is filed with everyone's lawyers, it's often a perfunctory affair, with documentary photographs to commemorate the occasion.
But Aprilia decided to take matters much, much further, and staged the whole thing as a hilarious wedding photo shoot with the Bezz that honestly, I find it hard to believe anyone will ever top. Why? Because it's brilliant, hilarious, and has the delicious self-awareness of how over-the-top this time of the season often is in the MotoGP paddock. Who doesn't love someone who can laugh at themselves every once in a while?
