“When Honda has a winning bike, winning riders will want to get on it”
Alberto Puig vows that 🎉Honda's MotoGP bike will become coveted by top rඣiders
Honda insist that “winning riders” will soon covet thꦐeir MotoGP bike.
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 surprise move that nobody saw coming, according to Sky Italia.
The once-mighty෴ Japan🍸ese manufacturer has been struggling for several years to recapture the glory days of Marc Marquez’s pomp.
But their progress in the ea▨rliest rounds of 2025 has hinted at bigg𓃲er things to come.
Honda insist "winning riders" will want to join
Team bo♕ss Alberto Puig told El Periodico that the team’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, Europe and the circuit is flui♓d and we are working hard to have a competitive, winning bike again.
“Let no on♓e forget that we are Honda and Honda will return. ꧒As Yamaha will return.
“And, when Hon𝕴da comes back, when Honda has a winning bike, the winning riders will want to get on it and we will want to hir✃e them.
“We 🧜would like it to be now, but everything takes time. How much? I don't know, but we're coming back, y💞es.”
After Puig’s declaration, the French MotoGP was brilliantly won by LCR satelliteꦬ rider Johann Zarco.
It was a major statemen🅠t and a 🌳reward for the manufacturer’s clear progress this season.
Zarco is sixth in the MotoGP standings overall, t𓂃he top non-Ducati ride🍬r.
Zarco and current incumbent Luca Marini both ꧂insist they are tal♛king to Honda about a factory contract for 2026.
But the shock news from Aprilia’s garage regarding 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 thꦅe 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 Razgatl🍷ioglu.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to fꦗootball, to F1.
