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Iker confirmed at Honda WSBK, and negotiations between Oliveira and HRC have his a stalemate as both are unwilling to budge on a 3 and 1 yr deal respectively.
It looks very likely that Diggia will be on the Repsol Honda for 2024.
Honda’s two top contenders for 2024 MotoGP seat share an update on negotiations
It looks very likely that Diggia will be on the Repsol Honda for 2024.
Honda’s two top contenders for 2024 MotoGP seat share an update on negotiations
Manuel Gonzalez has been confirmed as the second Gresini rider in Moto2.
Only a few open spots remain in Moto2. One at SpeedUp (most likely Lopez), one each at Fantic and VR46 Master Camp and the highly coveted Forward Racing bikes.
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Only a few open spots remain in Moto2. One at SpeedUp (most likely Lopez), one each at Fantic and VR46 Master Camp and the highly coveted Forward Racing bikes.
MANUEL GONZALEZ COMPLETES QJMOTOR GRESINI MOTO2’S LINE-UP - Gresini Racing
It is the rider number #18 the last piece of the puzzle for Team QJMOTOR GRESINI MOTO2, who for 2024 decided to gamble on a completely new and 100%
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If HRC don't take Digga then they probably will need to payout a Moto2 contract or get Pol back. I'd be surprised if its anyone else apart from Digga who gets the ride
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I dunno. I have this gut feeling that Space Canet is going to implode if and when he gets promoted to the premiere class.
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I am really a Bastiannini fan, and I originally thought he would blow Pecco away this season. However, even before his round 1 injury I was concerned as he had seemed to be struggling to adapt to the GP23 over the winter.
I'm hoping a good end of season and winter testing resets him for 2024. Because if he continues like he is, then I can't even see him lasting the season.
What DOES interest me though, is what if Marquez starts running at the front consistently? Do Ducati offer him the factory ride over Martin? This to me is the current curveball. People have discounted Marc because of his troublesome last few years but if he is regularly winning on a satellite bike, then surely Ducati for example will want him on THEIR bike instead of a factory KTM or Aprilia?
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Enea is looking like the new Morbidelli, one surprising season, then injury and disappear from the map.
Regarding Marc and factory Ducati, I think Ducati will go with the Pecco/Jorge duo independently of Marc does. Marc doesn't fit their way of working, they prefer home groomed young talent and it will be a hell of a duo anyway. And that's without factoring the sponsorship issues with factory Ducati being sponsored by Monster (Jorge is with Red Bull but his ties with the company will be cut more easily than Marc's, just like it happened with Enea). Only way I see Ducati trying to sign Marc for the factory is if he has a 2014/2019 kind of season or one like Stoner's first year with Honda, which I can't see. I'm 90% sure we'll see Marc in KTM colors in 2025.
Regarding Marc and factory Ducati, I think Ducati will go with the Pecco/Jorge duo independently of Marc does. Marc doesn't fit their way of working, they prefer home groomed young talent and it will be a hell of a duo anyway. And that's without factoring the sponsorship issues with factory Ducati being sponsored by Monster (Jorge is with Red Bull but his ties with the company will be cut more easily than Marc's, just like it happened with Enea). Only way I see Ducati trying to sign Marc for the factory is if he has a 2014/2019 kind of season or one like Stoner's first year with Honda, which I can't see. I'm 90% sure we'll see Marc in KTM colors in 2025.
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I think this is what underlies all the speculation here re: why he was good with a one-year contract on the satellite team at a low salary. I could be wrong, but in the same vein of Repsol wanting Dani as the main contender on the factory bike, I think Ducati will want to maintain an Italian as their #1 rider. I imagine Ducati would in any event not want Marc on the team with Pecco, because he'd be unhappy never knowing for certain where their loyalites lie, which would mentally push him even harder to the point where he'd be more liable to make rider errors. Moreover, if Marquez turns out to be a real threat on the Duc, he'll be able to name his price with KTM and they'll be happy to pay it. That KTM is still (relatively speaking) the dark horse team, would make it yet another feather in his cap where he to win with the Austrians.
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Can't edit my last post. To be clear, I think Princess Pecco would be very much threatened by the idea of having supremely confident Marquez as a teammate.
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He wasn't happy with the beast being his teammate and wanted Martin. Now I understand what is happening to Enea! Pecco is taking a page out of Marc's handbook and sabotaging him!
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No Michael, get it right, he is a ONE TRICK PONY.
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Crash are reporting that there is a chance Martin could get a factory Ducati seat for 2024
Stunning revelation that Ducati may put Jorge Martin in 2024 factory team
Stunning revelation that Ducati may put Jorge Martin in 2024 factory team
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Bastainini doesn't seem to have recovered from his injury, whether its his body or his head that's holding him back any factory team will have to make a decision however the decision will need to be made in regards to what happens to other riders, will Ducati risk loosing Martin to another factory?
KTM may have the same problem with Acosta for 2025
KTM may have the same problem with Acosta for 2025
If he wins the Championship this year then he is deserving of a factory seat with Bagnaia, sadly Enea B. would lose out I expect.
I am not sure how difficult it would be to make that happen though, contractually and financially speaking.
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