https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/ ... /10528508/
Και το πιο ενδιαφέρον:
Motorsport.com understands that Marquez, at 31, will face this new stage in his career without the complicity of the human group that has accompanied him since his days in Moto2.
Despite attempts to take his technicians with him, Marquez will land at Gresini alone, after Ducati showed its reluctance to show the innards of the most dominant bike of the moment to engineers who in 2025 could sign for any competing company.
Ο Acosta στην θέση του Pol Espargaro. Σωστή απόφαση, αν και σκληρή. Ο Pol, είχε ένα απαίσιο ατύχημα που παραλίγο να τον αφήσει ανάπηρο. Ποτέ δεν θα είναι ο ίδιος, και δεν πρέπει να είναι. Ας απολαύσει ένα πιο ήπιο ρόλο και την οικογένειά του.
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10374 ... l-miss-out
Tech3 GASGAS have confirmed that Pedro Acosta will replace Pol Espargaro next season.
Acosta will be promoted from Moto2 and team with Augusto Fernandez.
Jack Miller and Brad Binder, the factory pair, will be unchanged for the 2024 MotoGP rider line-up.
But it's bad news for veteran rider Espargaro who has now been confirmed as the victim of KTM's requirement to fit five riders on four bikes.
KTM asked Dorna for a fifth bike to keep all of their riders, then tried to buy an existing satellite team, but failed on both counts so were forced to nominate one rider to miss out from a full-time seat.
Espargaro has been described as "a prominent member of the MotoGP program on both sides of the pit wall" but there are no official details on his role for 2024.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that extra wild cards could enable Espargaro to race occasionally next season, and he will likely also deputise in case of injury. But KTM also have Dani Pedrosa within their ranks who has hugely impressed in that role this season.
MotoGP: Luca Marini to Repsol all but confirmed, Mooney VR46 meeting with Fabio Di Giannantonio
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10408 ... annantonio
MotoGP: Luca Marini to Repsol all but confirmed, Mooney VR46 meeting with Fabio Di Giannantonio
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15 Nov 2023
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Luca Marini is set to be confirmed at Repsol Honda but not before his MotoGP replacement has been found.
Marini is set to join Repsol Honda on a two-year deal for the 2024 MotoGP campaign.
But while the negotiations have reached the final stages, a signature is still missing as Sky Italia are reporting that an announcement will only be made when his current team finds a replacement.
Why a Luca Marini to Repsol Honda move makes sense
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Wth limited options from the VR46 Academy, it looks as though Fermin Aldeguer could be the rider set to join Marco Bezzecchi.
Current Gresini Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio, who is set to meet with the Mooney VR46 management today, does sign, he will remain aboard Ducati machinery which is arguably the best case scenario for the Italian.
However, Aldeguer who was linked with the vacant Honda ride before Alberto Puig denied the rumours, is said to be the favourite.
“Negotiations between the Mooney VR46 team and Fermín Aldeguer, an 18-year-old Spaniard who races in Moto2, have begun,” Sky Italia are reporting. “If and when the signatures are finalised then the double transfer can proceed: Marini to Honda in place of Marc Marquez, Aldeguer to the Mooney VR46 team in place of Marini.
“For the Spanish rider Luca Biscoscuro, owner of the Speed Up team, he is asking for compensation to dissolve his contract which is also valid for 2024.
“The feeling is that the deal will be done, even if the VR46 already has alternative solutions including Fabio Di Giannantonio himself, who will meet with the Italian management in the next few hours.”
Οι αγωνοδίκες παίξανε το πουλάκι τους, και όλα καλά.
https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1726344951326286016