MotoGP ‘mercato’ regained the timing of 10 years ago at the height of the summer, then marked by the Czech Republic GP in Brno, line-ups for next year were defined, the rush to close out all in the preseason or to do so on long contracts, as was the case with Marc Márquez for Repsol Honda. Suzuki’s fear of leaving the top two riders without bikes and on the grid with two fewer units also contributed to the slowdown.
The Ducati Factory has until the end of August to decide between Bastianini and Jorge Martín as Bagnaia’s teammate while negotiating new conditions for Johann Zarco to remain at Pramac despite the fact that on Thursday he raised his hand to remind Borgo Panigale that he was the first Ducati on the table. On Honda there will be clean and 75% of the riders will not continue and their managers are already in talks with other teams, such as Pol Espargaró of KTM Tech3 and Alex Márquez of Gresini Racing, and who can give their seat to the two Suzuki Joan Mirs on Repsol Honda and Alex Rins on LCR Honda.
All the ‘mercato’ issues came out at the Assen team manager’s press conference on Friday and although there was no news, there were confirmations of negotiations.
Paolo Ciabatti, sporting director of Ducati Corse, outlines Alex Márquez’s deals with Gresini Racing. “Well, we said that at the end of August we will decide who will be Pecco’s partner in the factory team, and another driver, either Enea or Jorge, will be on the Pramac team with Johann Zarco. We are discussing the last ones. details of his renewal and they will have bikes from 2023, therefore equal treatment in terms of the technical package For the discussions between Alex Márquez and Gresini, we know that this is an ongoing discussion, but it’s something more team -managed than Ducati ”.
On the return of Pol Espargaró to KTM, in the ranks of Tech3, Franceso Guidotti commented that we have already made an announcement for the factory team (the signing of Jack Miller), which is a big step for us, and we need our time to decide with Herve and Tech3 for the satellite team line-up. still some decisions are being made.With two rookies Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández they have the right to score and they have not been in a hurry to release them.
Alberto Puig also pointed out two great novelties that could be in Repsol Honda, Joan Mir, and LCR Honda, Alex Rins. “When the news came out from Suzuki, we were all surprised and clearly I think the Suzuki riders went to talk to all the guys sitting here with me, it’s normal. There are options, there are others different options, and we consider them.
“We said from the beginning that this year it will take longer for Honda to decide, and this is where we are now. We have chances, he (Mir) also has big chances, and as for the satellite team (LCR Honda), of course .the Satellite is run by Lucio, it is his team, and we will support him with whatever decision he decides.Regarding to Moto2 riders, it is something that is not yet on the table, because the championship is still underway, and in case Ogura can produce good results, this is something that should probably be discussed in Japan.
Source: La Verdad
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