Why Marquez’s departure is the least of Honda’s MotoGP problems
With Wednesday’s announcement confirming the Spaniard’s departure at the end of this season, Honda now faces the very complicated scenario of having to find a replacement for the most successful rider in its history. If we take into account that pretending to win with the change is an impossible mission, the reality is that it […]
The timeline of Marquez’s bombshell split with Honda in MotoGP
The Marquez/Honda tie-up has been one of immense success. Bringing the Moto2 champion up to MotoGP in 2013, Honda reaped the rewards instantly as the Spaniard scored his first grand prix victory in just his second race. Marquez would go on to win that year’s world championship as a rookie before dominating in 2014 for […]
Crutchlow thinks MotoGP field «may as well not turn up» with Marquez on Ducati
On Wednesday afternoon, Honda announced that it had mutually agreed with Marquez to terminate his four-year contract a season early. He will now join Gresini to race a year-old Ducati, though the Italian outfit is yet to say anything publicly. This comes amidst a difficult year for Honda and Marquez, in which he has scored […]
Marquez thanks Honda for “unrepeatable” MotoGP tenure following exit announcement
Honda announced on Wednesday afternoon that it had agreed by mutual consent with Marquez to terminate his four-year contract a season early at the end of 2023. This follows a miserable year for Marquez and Honda as an uncompetitive RC213V has caused him numerous injury issues, and has allowed him to score just one grand […]
Marc Marquez will leave Honda MotoGP team for Gresini Ducati
By mutual agreement, Marquez and Honda will break one of the most fruitful alliances in the history of MotoGP, which has yielded a total of six world titles over eleven seasons between 2013 and 2023. The Spaniard made his debut with Honda in 2013 and won the championship, before adding a second in 2014. Marquez […]
What compels a MotoGP rider to return to something that almost killed him?
Life has a particularly cruel way of biting you on the arse. Pol Espargaro moved to the factory Honda squad for 2021, leaving behind a KTM project he in no small part was responsible for developing into a race winner, hopeful of taking the big next step in his MotoGP career. Two podiums aside, what […]
Marquez doubts recent podium form will continue in final MotoGP races
The India/Japan double-header provided a welcome boost for Marquez and Honda amidst an otherwise dire campaign. Marquez scored his first podium since the season-opener in the India sprint when he was third, and was fighting in the rostrum battle in the grand prix at Buddh before crashing out. In Japan, Marquez was able to fight […]
Quartararo explains slicks-in-wet “challenge” in MotoGP Japanese GP
Rainfall prior to the start of Sunday’s grand prix at Motegi led to the entire field running the entire first lap on slicks as conditions rapidly deteriorated. Having started 14th, Yamaha’s Quartararo elected to carry on for another lap as the majority of the field pitted at the end of the first tour for their […]
Bezzecchi’s Motegi MotoGP Turn 1 clash stopped Bagnaia ‘flight’
The VR46 Ducati rider launched from fourth on the grid in last Sunday’s flag-to-flag grand prix at Motegi and would ultimately go on to finish there. However, at the first corner on the opening lap, he was involved in an incident with Aprilia’s Vinales, which squeezed him wide into Pramac’s Johann Zarco. Vinales crashed into […]