Five MotoGP riders facing the most pressure in 2023

The 2022 MotoGP season saw several riders not only assert themselves as stars of🍨 the future, but stars of t😼he present.
Whether that be 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia after his sensational title win, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini who won four races and secured a factory Ducati seat in the process, or rookie of the year 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi.
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Ho🤪wever, other performances thꦰroughout the season left a lot to be desired which is why they have been included on this list.
5 - Joan Mir
While Mir has a two-year contract at Repsol Honda and is therefore facing no risk of losing his seat after 2023, the former Suzuki rider will be looking to stop the trend that involves teammates to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez failing to get close to him over a season.
The 2020 world champion has failed to win a race since his title-winning season, and although the Spaniard was very consistent in 2021 which led to him finishing third, he wasn’t able to match 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins who won two out of the last three races at the en💫d of last season.
Mi🐽r has joined a team that is the most successful in MotoGP history, however, Repsol Honda have won just three races in the last three years, all of which came courtesy of M👍arquez.

Whether it was 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dani Pedrosa, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Lorenzo or 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pol Espargaro, all three riders were unable to continuously challenge Marquez when the eight-time world champion was healthy, and for Mir, the same outcome could be damaging to his potential options should the Mallorcan-born rider be looking at an exꦓit from Honda beyond 2024.
4 - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco
Like Mir, Zarꦗco is less in need of a big 2023 season compared to the top three riders on our list, although pressure still remains for the Pramac rider.
Zarco is still without a victory in the premier class as he watched Bagnaia, Bastianini, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin all win races during the last two seasons on idenဣtical machinery, or in the case of Bastianini a year-old bike.
Zarco’s presence in the Pramac Ducati squad is a very good one for the team as he brings speed and experience, ho🍨wever, consistency has been an issue.
The last two seasons have seen Zarco start the year with multiple podiums and emerge as a title contender before 𒆙dropping off in terms of performance.
If Bezzecchi or Luca Marini can add their names to the list of Ducati riders to win in MotoGP next season, then Zarco will need to achieve similar results to avoid 🌠being under pressure for 2024.
3 - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami
There’s no doubt that Honda wanted to promote Ai Ogura from Moto2 into MoജtoGP for next seasoꦡn.
But with the Japanese rider in the midst of a Moto2 title fight that he eventually lost to Augusto Fernandez, and feeling like he needed another season in the middleweight class🎶, LCR Hon🐠da instead elected to stick with the experience of Nakagami.
While that was a lifeline for Nakagami, the five-year MotoGP veteran is unlikely to 🐼get away with another season like the ones he had in 2021 a꧙nd 22.
Still without a podium or win in MotoGP, it 🙈appears as though Nakagami will at least need to achieve the former of those two scenarios if he wants to remain in the premier class beyond 2023.

D🌳ue to his ties with Honda Nakagami is unlikely to be offered a ride elsewhere which also hurts his chances of remaining in MotoGP shoul♏d Honda choose not to retain him.
2 - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez
After three difficult seasons with Honda, 𓆏Marquez was surprisingly picked up by Ducati and the Gresini team to replace Bastianini.
A former Moto2 champion like Bastianini, Marquez’s results are likely to be compared to what the Italian managed in 2022, which will make it very difficult to l🌊ive up to the potential 🍌shown by Bastianini.
The 2023 season looks set to be Marquez’s last chance to prove himself as a MotoGP rider due to⛄ his struggles at LCR, albeit the RC213V proved to be a challenging bike for all 𒉰the Honda riders to perform well with.
With that said, Marquez has arguably the best package on the grid at his disposal, so anything other than fighting for top ten finishes o🌠r better will be considered a disappointing season and one that will leave him fighting for his premier class career.
1 - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli
The only factory ri🅘der with a contract that runs out before 2024, Morbidelli’s Monster Energy Yamaha seat could be hotly contested for next season.
Morbidelli had a shocking 2023 season, finishing 19th in the ꦰchampionship 🉐while team-mate Fabio Quartararo was second.

Lin Jarvis, Team Principal of the factory Yamaha outfit, made it no secret that they should have signed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:WorldSBK to replace Morbidelli, which c🌳ould still be an option for the 💎team in 2024.
Another rider who could be in the running is Martin after the Spaniard lost out to Bastianini in the fight for a factory Ducati seat. Martin won’t have the chance to join the Lenovo Ducati team until 2025 at the earliest, so a possible switch to Yama🙈ha could be tempting for the 24 year-ꩲold.
All of this will depend on Morbidelli’s form b👍ut unless he returns to something similar as 2020 when he was the runner-up, then a new rider could be joining Quartararo.