The man from Mazarrón is considering leaving KTM alone to become Marc Márquez’s partner from 2023, in the official team of the Japanese brand
In recent months there has been speculation on many occasions about the possible arrival of Pedro Acosta at Honda, the team that has historically dominated the MotoGP World Championship and has lost that hegemony in recent seasons. The rumors have been constant since the ‘Shark of Mazarrón’ won the Moto3 World Championship last year, but nothing was too clear-cut. However, last weekend in the paddock of the Silverstone circuit (Great Britain), where the driver from Mazarrón was unable to start when he was declared “unfit” at the last minute by doctors, there was a first very serious rapprochement between the parts.
There is great interest from Honda to sign Pedro Acosta. According to Ricard Jové, sports manager and commentator at DAZN for MotoGP racing, there was even a firm proposal for Pedro Acosta to join the LCR (Honda’s satellite team) in 2023, but the Puerto de Mazarrón rider, I reject her. He does not want to go to the second group of the Japanese team, but has left the door open if it wants to become the official team, the HRC (Repsol Honda Team).
Acosta, who is happy at KTM, wants to become Marc Márquez’s partner in the official Honda line-up and takes the place vacated by Catalan Pol Espargaró. Interestingly, the Tech3-KTM, a team Acosta should join if he makes the jump out of Moto2, has just completed Pol Espargaró’s 2023 signing.
The fact is that the official team of the Japanese factory Honda-HRC, with the main sponsor of the Spanish oil company Repsol, wants to take off. After winning 17 premier class drivers’ titles, he is experiencing the worst moments in its history. The absence of Marc Márquez and the poor performances of Takaaki Nakagami, Pol Espargaró, Álex Marquez and Stefan Bradl have combined to see Honda fall to last position in the Constructors’ World Championship.
A hypothetical arrival at Acosta’s Repsol Honda team, which will be Spain’s reference rider for the next decade, could serve as a catalyst for the factory. However, the name that has most sounded next year to accompany Marc Márquez is that of Joan Mir, but Honda is still not making a firm offer to the Balearic pilot.
Source: La Verdad
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