MotoGP silly season is in full swing, who’s the next shock move?

MotoGP silly season has already had an impact on the 2024 grid - what are the latest rumours ahead of Barcelona?
Joan Mir, MotoGP race, Austrian MotoGP, 20 August
Joan Mir, MotoGP race, Austrian MotoGP, 20 August

KTM

The Austrian manufacturer are a🌺t the heart of silly season because they currently have five riders but only four bikes.

Pe🍸dro Acosta has been assured of a premier class place having moved up from Moto2.

But since promising him a seat, Dorna have denied KTM’s request for a fifth bike, lea⛦ving them with a headache.

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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller feistily remℱinded us that he has a contract for 2024, yet DAZN reported that he could the shock victim of this siꦜtuation, if KTM can’t find a way to add Acosta to their existing bunch.

No such rumours have plagued Miller’s factory teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder.

Tech3 GASGAS’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pol Espargaro has been linked with becoming their test and reserve rider. This is if KTM can agree to having✃ six wildcards next year. Espargaro would also fill in for injuries at KTM’s factory and sateꦏllite teams.

Augusto Fernandez, once the obvi🌃ous choice to be moved away, has been rewarded with a 2024 contract so looks guaranteed to stay put.

Honda

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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez is the big question. He is 🎉contracted 👍for 2024 but Honda have been so underwhelming that reports continue to swirl that he might move next season.

🍎Alberto Puig insisted nobody would be forced to stay, and KTM admitted they trie💧d and failed to lure Marquez for next season.

Ducati’s two vacant seats - at Pramac and alongside his brother at Gresini - also emerged as shock destinations. Duca🌸ti continue to ins🌜ist that Marquez will never ride for them, but should today’s most successful rider truly become available, could today’s most dominant team really resist him?

Joan Mir considered retirement, such is the disappointment of his debut Repsol Honda season. He is so keen to escape that he has reportedly offered his own services to Gresini Ducati (Iker Lecuona would be a straightforward repla📖cement for Mir).

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami is so ofte💙n questioned, with Ai Ogura always lurking in the background, but his place appears secure due to the doubt over the facꦗtory duo.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins, Nakagami’s LCR teammate, has already confirmed he will leave - after one grand prix win and one broken leg represen💫ting Honda - to join Yamaha.

Ducati

There’s no doubt over factory rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia’s future. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini has also been backed, despite his i🅘njury-interrupted season, but will be feeling the pressure to remind Ducati of his talent soon.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin was a candidate to🅷 join Yamaha but will now stay with Pramac.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco has quit Pramac to✃ join LCR Honda (swapping t💯he best bike for the worst but due to the longer contract), creating a vacancy.

Pramac are contractually entitled to a 2024-spec Desmosedici next year, which in Zarco’s absence was offered to Mooney VR46’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi.

Bezzecchi instead chose to stay alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini at Mooney VR46, meaning the Pramac vacancy is the only free s🔴eat currently up for grabs.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez has been given a new contract to stay at Gresini, but the place of his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio is constantly in doubt.

But, Moto2 duo Tony Arbolino and Jake Dixon, who were both linked to the Gresini seat, have now signed 🌳new co♔ntracts to stay where they are.

Di Giannantonio could cꦑling onto his at-risk seat if the contenders rule themselves out.

Franꦍco Morbidelli remains an obvious candidate for either the Pramac or Gresini seats.

Yamaha

The Japanese manufacturer chose to get rid of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli in favour of Alex Rins.

Their bigger headache is star rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo - he’s made it pretty clear that, if he doesn’t see significant progress at the upcoming Misano test, he’ll look aꩲround for a better bike somewhere else.

Quartararo is contracted for🔯 2024 but the i🔯nterest could begin to queue up for 2025.

Aprilia

No drama here. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales at the factory team, and RNF’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez, will all s🅷tay. Eventually, though, Aprilia will need to think long-term about who replaces veteran duo Espargaro and Vinales.

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