“When Honda has a winning bike, winning riders will want to get on it”
Alberto Puig vows th🌊at Honda's MotoGP bike will become coveted by top riders
Honda insist that “winning riders” will soon co♚vet their MotoGP b❀ike.
The unexpected situation surrounding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s reported 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:desire to quit Aprilia in 2026 has put Honda in the focus.
The factory Honda seat is 168澳洲👍幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Martin’s preference for a surprise𒈔 move that nobody saw coming, according to Sky Italia.
The once-mighty Japanese manufacturer has been struggling for several years to recapture the glory days of M꧙arc Marquez’s pomp.
But their progress i♔n the earliest rounds 𝄹of 2025 has hinted at bigger things to come.
Honda insist "winning riders" will want to join
T💎eam boss Alberto Puig told El Periodico that the tea🌠m’s rise back to the top is “not a dream”.
He said before the French MotoGP: “🧸We are🦩 coming back, we are improving.
“We have created a department in Italy with European technicians, Honda Japan has been restructured.
“The relationship between the factory, Europeﷺ and the circuit is fluid and we are wo🦋rking hard to have a competitive, winning bike again.
“Let no one forget that we are Honda and Honda will return. As ⛄Yamaha will return.
“And, when Honda comes back, when Honda has a winning bike, the winn♉ing riders will want to get on it and we will want to hire them.
“We would like it to be now, but everything takes time. How much? I don't know, but we're𒊎 coming back, yes.”
Aft💟er Puig’s declaration, the French MotoGP was brilliantly won by LCR satellite rider Johannౠ Zarco.
It🦩 was a major statement and a reward for the manufacturer’s 🍨clear progress this season.
Zarco is sixth in the MotoGP standings overall, the to✤p non-Ducati ♎rider.
Zarco 🌟and current incumbent Luca Marini both insist they are talking to Honda about a factory contꦍract for 2026.
But the shock news from Aprilia’s garage rega🃏rding💜 Martin’s future has thrown the entire rider market into doubt.
There are a handful of vacant bikes in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2026 MotoGP rider line-up including Honda’s factory seat.
Martin, if he follows through with the claim that 🐎he will quit Aprilia, would be the prized asset on the market, as the reigning MotoGP champion.
That will give Honda a headache about whether they are able to acquire his services - and whether they want to sign him up instead of their alternate options: Zarco🦩, Marini and reportedly also Toprak Razgatlioglu.
Jameℱs waꦍs a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
