168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro reportedly🐼 turned down Yamaha’s advan🍸ces to be their test rider.

The vete✤ran MotoGP rider has confirmed he will ret🗹ire at this end of this year.

Althou🦩gh he left the door open to a different role, when announcing his retirement, he revea𓄧led it would probably not be with Aprilia.

Now,  report that Honda will 🃏snap up Esparga♔ro’s services for 2025.

Honda beat off major inte🐭rest 🤪in Espargaro from Yamaha.

In fact, Yamaha reporteꦛdly “put in the most interest” to snap him up.

Espargaro and his agent Albert Valera 🌺negotiated with Yamaha but his fee demands were too big, and prevented a deal happening, report.

However, it is now Honda who won the battlꦿe for Espargaro.

For the strugglin෴g Japanese manufacturer, it is a major coup to be able to rely upon a test rider with such recent and r♔elevant experience.

Espargaro ♕won the sprint race in Barcelona just 48 hours♓ after announcing he would retire after this season.

He is a k🍌ey cog in Aprilia’s rise to become the closest contenders to the dominant Ducatis.

And while he will leave his coveted bike to Jorge Martin next season, he will take on a different and t�♑�ougher challenge.

Honda’s MotoGꦉP project remains at a low ebb, even a year after Marc Marquez opted tဣo leave.

Marquez’s replacement Luca Ma♊ඣrini is rooted to the back of the grid, and is the only full-time rider without a single point this year.

Honda recruited Marini and Johann Zarco, another experienced brain, this year but the addition of Espargaro🐼 should, they hope, hasten their development.

Aprilia will continue using Lorenzo Savadori🐟 as their 2025 test rider.