Espargaro opens up on giving up his Tech3 MotoGP ride for 2024
Earlier on Friday, Tech3 announced that move eight-time podium finisher Espargaro will be stepping down next year to allow Acosta to join the team, while Augusto Fernandez will retain his seat. It ends a months-long rider logjam for KTM, having had five riders contracted to four seats for 2024. Espargaro did sign a two-year deal […]
Espargaro moved aside for Acosta’s MotoGP arrival at Tech3 in 2024
Espargaro signed to return to KTM and Tech3 for the 2023 season following two difficult years at Honda, following his first stint with the Austrian marque from 2017 to 2020. The eight-time podium finisher’s season was immediately halted by a serious incident in the second practice session for the Portuguese Grand Prix in March, in […]
Ducati MotoGP boss Dall’Igna confirms Honda approach for 2024
On Wednesday, Honda announced that it would be parting ways with Marquez at the end of the current season, one year earlier than his contract expiration date. Though yet to be officially confirmed, Marquez will move to Gresini next season to ride – in principle – a year-old Ducati bike. Dall’Igna, who has transformed Ducati […]
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 […]