2023-11-12 12:16:44
It’s Sunday’s news in Malaysia. Luca Marini is right now the rider best positioned to keep Marc Márquez’s bike in 2024a truly surprising signing if we take into account that the Italian ruled out this possibility just a few days ago, insisting that his priority was to compete with the VR46 Team next year in the hope of getting a factory bike in 2025.
However, this discourse seems to have changed in the middle of the Malaysian GP; Various sources, including Ricard Jové, have confirmed that the Urbino driver He has a very serious offer from Honda to race for the Repsol team for the next two years.a contract that has also been ratified by the team manager of the VR46 Team, Pablo Nieto, a team that would not put obstacles in the way of Marini if he finally decided to bet on the project that HRC has proposed.
Of course, Marc Márquez is no stranger to all this rumor mill; Today, after a discreet race in Malaysia in which he started 20th and in which he finally crossed the finish line in 13th position, the press gathered at the Sepang Circuit wanted to know the opinion of # 93 on the possible incorporation of Valentino Rossi’s brother to Hondaa movement that has the approval of the Catalan.
Marc recognized today “not having been very aware of the strategy that Honda will follow since I decided to leave,” ensuring that “two or three races ago I was expecting it to be Di Giannantonio, but in Thailand it was already clear that there would be no agreement with him.”
The eight-time world champion believes that “Luca will take my place,” a signing that says “rejoice” why “I have always had a very good relationship with him, and that is a great thing because you have to separate certain things,” qualifies the Spanish in reference to the friction that still exists between Valentino Rossi and him.
Marc considers Marini to be one “young pilot” very talented, and warns him that “As soon as it becomes official, he will have a nice challenge ahead of him,” an announcement that could come in just a few days, before the next Qatar Grand Prix starts.
For Márquez, who knows very well what is happening at Honda, Marini’s move is something unexpected, especially because he will leave the best bike on the grid to try his luck with the least competitive bike at the moment, the Honda.: “Luca will leave a competitive Ducati and his brother’s team to go to Honda. I don’t know the reason why he does it. “I’m going to get on a competitive bike, while Luca starts a project with a lot of work waiting for him.”
The one from Cervera believes that a project like the one that Repsol Honda can offer to Marini “it makes a different impression from the outside, and when you look behind the scenes, you get a different impression”which is why he prefers not to evaluate the reasons that have led Marini to seriously consider this proposition: “You’ll have to ask him yourself what his motives are. I’m happy for him, though. But having a competitive bike is more important to me.”
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Finally, addressing his expectations for the last two grand prix of the year, Márquez insists that “he will continue working on the track until the end” giving to Honda technicians “my honest opinion” every time they ask him about the feedback on the bike. “I don’t know exactly Honda’s strategy for 2024 and the future. Honda will return to the top, with or without me. But they need time for that. I’m 30 years old and I don’t have that time. That’s why I change to a competitive motorcycle“, This Sunday I valued #93.
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