Fabio Quattararo has decided to join Honda from the 2027 MotoGP season, completing his deal before the start of the 2026 season.
Reports have indicated that the Frenchman will leave Yamaha At the end of the 2026 contract, the Iwata outfit will introduce the V4 bike this season, which Quatararo He pushed, but the machine wouldn’t give him a chance to prove his worth.
Wow! Did you see this coming?
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Quattro will join Honda in 2027 On a two-year contract. The 26-year-old had to move quickly on the MotoGP rider market and secure his future before the start of the 2026 season.
But his decision to leave Yamaha before the start of the V4 project was a cruel one, and one that Ramón Forcada thinks he might regret.
Ramon Forcada has hinted that Fabio Quatararo will ‘regret’ joining Honda if he becomes a Yamaha V4 contender.
Moving on from the inline-four, Yamaha has gone to great lengths to prepare the new bike. Quatararo was not impressed with the V4. In the early stages, this may be why he decided to jump ship for 2027.
But former MotoGP team principal Forcada thinks some riders may regret their move for the 2027 mid-season if their current team bike ‘starts to work’. If the V4 isn’t competitive, Quatararo might think he’s made a mistake.
“What you want has already moved in the market,” Forcada said Sports world. “However, people who are currently moving will regret it by the middle of the year because the bike that doesn’t work now will start working.
What is Fabio Quatararo’s body language telling us here?
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“The biggest unknown in this regard is Yamaha and the V4. They’ve been working all winter, they’ve developed an 850cc engine, and the bike will be the same.
But for now, we don’t even know how 1000cc works, imagine the 850cc, they are the most selling bikes now; We’ll see who gets there.
“Knowing how Yamaha works, they will assemble a strong team. At least on paper, the result will be another story. We will see. They will have a competitive team, that’s for sure.”
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Ramon Forcada’s concept could go either way – Jorge Martin may regret joining Yamaha.
Of course, it could work either way, as Forcada’s concept could be linked to Quattararo leaving Yamaha. Honda may feel it made the right choice to join if the V4 isn’t competitive.
Next, Riders will regret joining the Iwata outfit in 2027. George Martin is set to replace Quatararo at Yamaha. After deciding to cut ties with Aprilia.
As Forcada notes, riders may regret their decision for 2027, and Martin may have that in mind if he finds the V4 isn’t a strong bike in 2026.
Of course, the 850 cc engine presents a new challenge to all drivers and manufacturers and nothing is given for 2027. But if Yamaha still can’t produce a competitive bike with a V4 and 850cc bike, Martin might have second thoughts.
