Honda 2026 MotoGP bike already better than 2025 version
Factory Honda MotoGP rider Luca Marini says development on next year’s RC213V is progressing strongly and that it is already better than the current prototype. The Japanese marque is enjoying its best season in MotoGP since 2021, having scored one victory and two other podiums in the first 18 rounds of the 2025 campaign. While Zarco’s Le […]
Raul Fernandez and Luca Marini at odds over “not intelligent” MotoGP battle
Raul Fernandez and Luca Marini have hit out at each other for making “not intelligent” moves in their battle for the final podium spot in the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix. On lap 14 of 27, Trackhouse rider Fernandez sent his Aprilia up the inside of Marini’s Honda into Turn 16 and appeared to have got […]
Luca Marini has “really high expectations” from Honda for 2026 MotoGP season
Luca Marini says he has “really high expectations” from Honda for the 2026 MotoGP season after being impressed by the progress he has witnessed so far this year. The factory HRC squad has enjoyed a strong run of form since MotoGP returned from summer break, with Joan Mir finishing sixth in Austria and Marini going […]
Luca Marini and Johann Zarco ink new MotoGP contracts with Honda
Luca Marini will remain with Honda until the end of the current MotoGP rule cycle after signing a new one-year contract extension As reported by Motorsport.com in July, the factory Honda team will carry an unchanged line-up into 2026, with both Marini and Joan Mir being retained by the squad. Mir already had a two-year […]
Luca Marini gets new Honda MotoGP deal for 2026
Luca Marini has signed a new contract with Honda’s MotoGP factory team, staying onboard alongside Joan Mir until the end of the current regulations cycle, Motorsport.com has learned. Having made his MotoGP debut in 2021, starting with three seasons at VR46 Ducati, Marini joined HRC last year, profiting from Marc Marquez’ decision to split with […]
Alex Marquez out of surgery after Dutch GP crash, Luca Marini set for MotoGP return
Alex Marquez has successfully completed surgery following his accident during last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen. The Gresini Ducati rider, who is second in the MotoGP championship, fractured his left hand after colliding with Pedro Acosta’s KTM on lap six of Sunday’s race. Marquez’s Gresini team posted on social media that his injury had […]
Takaaki Nakagami fills in for injured Luca Marini at Honda for Italian MotoGP
Takaaki Nakagami will replace the injured Luca Marini at the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello next week for the factory Honda squad. Marini remains sidelined due to the serious injury he suffered at the end of May during a test for the Suzuka 8 Hours in Japan. After racing with only one rider in Aragon […]
Honda won’t replace injured Luca Marini for MotoGP Aragon GP
Honda HRC will not call up any of its three test riders for MotoGP’s upcoming Aragon Grand Prix this weekend, instead opting to enter Joan Mir only, Motorsport.com understands. Honda rider Luca Marini sustained a long-term injury last week when testing at Suzuka with the brand’s endurance squad. Unlike reigning champion Jorge Martin, who will […]
Luca Marini injured in Suzuka fall, Ai Ogura undergoes surgery
Factory Honda rider Luca Marini has dislocated his hip in a fall while testing for the Suzuka 8 Hours. The Italian crashed heavily on his second day of testing at the legendary Japanese venue, where the classic endurance race will take place on 3 August. Apart from the dislocated hip, Marini also suffered left knee […]