Francesco Guidotti will begin his Trackhouse MotoGP spell at Brno after the American Aprilia squad confirmed him as its new team manager with immediate effect.
The move gives Trackhouse a fast answer to one of the paddock’s bigger management questions, with Davide Brivio already confirmed to be leaving the team at the end of the 2026 season.
Guidotti steps straight into Brno weekend
MotoGP confirmed on Thursday that Guidotti has joined the SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team and will make his debut in the role at this weekend’s Czech Grand Prix, a month after Brivio’s end-of-season departure was confirmed.
It is a significant appointment for a team that has quickly become more than just Aprilia’s satellite operation. Trackhouse has grown into a serious MotoGP force across 2026, helped by the progress of the RS-GP26 and the pace shown by Aprilia’s wider Mugello breakthrough. Across the wider racing weekend, that need to turn structure into performance sits alongside Hamilton’s Santi-led Ferrari surge and IndyCar’s Road America reliability test.
Guidotti brings experience from both privateer and manufacturer structures, including previous senior roles with Pramac, KTM and Aprilia-linked programmes. That background matters because Trackhouse is trying to protect its momentum while also preparing for MotoGP’s next competitive cycle.
Trackhouse cannot afford a soft handover
Brivio’s exit had the potential to create uncertainty at the worst possible moment. Trackhouse is balancing immediate race-weekend performance with longer-term questions around leadership, riders and its place inside Aprilia’s growing MotoGP push.
The team has already shown flashes of front-running credibility, with Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura giving the project a sharper edge than many expected. That is why the appointment feels less like routine management housekeeping and more like a statement of intent.
Trackhouse now heads into Brno with a new figure at the top of its competition operation and a clean message to the paddock: the project is not waiting for 2027 to settle itself.
The timing also gives the team a chance to build continuity before the next phase of the rider market fully hardens. ReadMotorsport’s look at which MotoGP riders could miss out on a 2027 seat underlined how crowded that market already is, while the early shape of MotoGP’s 2026 season showed how quickly Aprilia’s satellite strength has become part of the wider championship picture.
Guidotti’s first task is simple to describe and harder to deliver: keep Trackhouse moving forward while the rest of MotoGP watches how smoothly the Brivio era is replaced.
