Luca Marini He said he would relish the chance to race alongside Fabio Quatararo at the Honda MotoGP team in 2027. Marini’s future is currently unknown as his contract expires.
It appeared when there was no time Quattro signed for HondaAlthough the notification has not yet arrived. With Johan Zarco and Diogo Moreira both under contract until 2027, this could leave Marini and Joan Mir fighting for the final spot on the roster.
To add another layer of coverage, Marini has been linked with Yamaha. Thailand Grand Prix weekend. In fact, he was speaking openly to his teammates in the paddock.
Who do you want as Fabio Quattararo’s 2027 Honda team-mate?
Luca Marini loves being Fabio Quattararo’s Honda team-mate.
Based on his comments in an interview with Marini reapingthe choice is to stay with Honda and partner Quattro. The 2021 world champion is widely regarded as one of the top riders on the grid.
Marini During his time in the VR46, he competed with Enya Bastianini and Marco Bezecic, then joined Mir at Honda in 2024. During that time, the Italian team-mate scored 160 points with 120 points.
Mir is the reigning MotoGP champion but Marini is regarded as one of the best development riders in the field.
The Quattararo deal set off a wave of rider-marketing stories that included Jorge Martin to Yamaha, Pedro Acosta to Ducati and Francesco Bagna to Aprilia. Again, none of these moves are confirmed.
Marini said: “Oh my God! If I could keep Fabio with me at HRC… that would be great, I’m thinking mostly about myself. But the reality is nothing is known, there’s a lot of speculation even before we set foot in 2026, so I think it’s a little bit… it’s not all yet, we’ll see.”
“It’s good for me, I like it. Obviously nothing interesting happened in other sports and all these bombs on motorcycles went off. But that’s okay, in the end it’s part of the game.”
How will Yamaha find a teammate for George Martin?
Yamaha is expected to release Alex Rins When the contract expires, it will pave the way for a new lineup.
Toprak Razgatlioglu is likely to stay at Pramak.Although Jack Miller is not seen as a competitor for the factory seat.
Bagnaya was a prime target for Yamaha to partner with Martin. However, as noted above, he chose to join Aprilia instead.
The problem now is that the disappointing performance of Yamaha’s V4-powered motorcycle will only hurt their stock in the rider market. Indeed, there are already signs Martin regretted his decisionEspecially after the Aprilia Dream started.
That might be it. Yamaha turned to Moto2 rider Although Mir could be a candidate to join Martin if he loses the battle with Marini.
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