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There will be less orange on this year's Honda

There will be less orange on this year's Honda

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The Repsol Honda team will compete without star Marc Marquez for the first time in many years, but the Spaniard's departure is not the only change in the Japanese team's camp. The sponsor Red Bull also left the team with the eight-time world champion, and before the start of the season we learned that for the first time in a long time Honda motorcycles will see extensive changes in the color combination, as the main sponsor Repsol will be much less exposed. The RC213V, which will be driven by Luca Marini and Joan Mir, will thus be much less orange in the thirtieth anniversary season of cooperation between Repsol and Honda, but it may well happen that 2024 will also be the last season of the partnership, as Repsol has extended the contract by one in 2023 year. The contract is said to state that an extension is also possible, but one of the conditions is said to be that in the team os
Official: Marquez will replace Bradl in Argentina

Official: Marquez will replace Bradl in Argentina

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German Stefan Bradl will compete in the Argentine Grand Prix for the first time this year, after replacing Marco Marquez as a reserve racer. Marquez is still recovering from a recurrence of optic nerve inflammation that causes double vision, so he will have to miss the MotoGP race at the Termas de Rio Honda, where the motorcycle caravan is returning for the first time since 2019. Bradl was chosen for his knowledge of this year's Honda motorcycle. which he drove in tests, and the German will try to continue a series of nine consecutive rankings among the winners of points, which should also succeed him on the track, where Honda has celebrated victory in four of the six races since 2014. "The most important thing is that I wish Marc a speedy recovery and return," Bradl said in a press release. “Until then, I will do my best
A cruel blow to Marquez: Will the champion miss all the preparations for the season again?

A cruel blow to Marquez: Will the champion miss all the preparations for the season again?

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Now that it is known that Marc Marquez will miss the last motoGP race of the 2021 season and two days of testing in Jerez due to an optic nerve injury, questions are already arising as to how quickly he will return at all. After a severe blow when he broke his right arm in Jerez last year and returned only after almost nine months of recovery, a nerve injury in a fall with an enduro engine is another major obstacle for the eight-time world champion. The Honda star suffered a repeat of the injury from October 2011, when he fell badly during moto2 class training in Sepang and injured the same nerve as this time, and the injury kept the young Spaniard away from the engine for a good four months. It is a pure coincidence that in that season Marquez lost the title to Stefan Bradl, who is somewhat ironically replaced by this end on a Honda motorcycle.
Petronas to Honda instead of Repsol?

Petronas to Honda instead of Repsol?

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Malaysian giant Petronas is expected to meet with the management of Honda’s MotoGP team in the coming days to discuss the possibility of becoming the team’s main sponsor instead of Spain’s Repsol in 2023. Several Petronas representatives will be watching the final race of this year’s MotoGP season in Valencia, and will meet Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta during the racing weekend. Petronas is cooperating very well with Dorna as a supplier of fuels for the Moto2 and Moto3 classes, but according to the Italian corsedimoto.com, the working visit will be used to negotiate with Honda. The legendary Repsol Honda alliance has been around for almost thirty years, but at the end of the 2022 season, their otherwise fruitful collaboration is expected to end. There was loud speculation about this as early as October last year, but rumors were silenced by an extension of the collaborator
Marquez and Espargaro unveiled new-old Honda colors

Marquez and Espargaro unveiled new-old Honda colors

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Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro revealed the colors of this year’s Repsol Honda team. The color combination has, so to speak, traditionally disappointed with the relatively unchanged look dictated by the main sponsor, the Spanish Repsol. Espargaro has joined the team in place of Alex Marquez, who has moved to the LCR Honda team after just one season, while Marc Marquez is returning this year after an almost year-long absence from MotoGP racing. The eight-time world champion still hasn’t fully recovered from a broken right arm at a race in Jerez last year that left him undergoing his third surgery and bone graft in December. Although many hoped that Marquez would explain when he would return on Monday's presentation, this was not the case.
Alex Marquez could stay on the Honda factory team

Alex Marquez could stay on the Honda factory team

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Former Honda boss Livio Suppo said on Italian television that Alex Marquez would still stay on the factory team alongside his brother Marco. Alex Marquez made his MotoGP debut this year, and the Honda factory team did not do well in the first races of the season, but even before the first race, Honda decided to replace him with Paul Espargaro at the end of the season. The younger of the Marquez brothers is expected to move to the Honda LCR team, although he has a two-year contract in his pocket, signed directly with Honda. After two rankings on the podium for the winners, the Spaniard is even flirting with the victory for the title of newcomer of the season, where he equaled the winner of Brno, Brad Binder, by 67 points. Better form is, of course, a sign of relief for Honda, which recently announced an extension of its cooperation with
The end of the legendary Repsol Honda alliance

The end of the legendary Repsol Honda alliance

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Spanish lubricant manufacturer Repsol and Honda have been working together for more than 25 years, but the Japanese team does not want to extend the contract, which expires at the end of the 2020 season. Honda and Repsol have won world titles together with the legendary Mick Doohan, Valentin Rossi, Alex Criville, Nicky Haydn, Casey Stoner and, in recent years, Marco Marquez. However, rumors that Honda does not want a new contract are getting louder, and they are said to have been triggered by talks between the HRC chief and Japanese journalists at the Japan Grand Prix in Motegi. Repsol, the team's main sponsor, supplies the team with motor lubricants, among others, and Shell is expected to take their place. However, Repsol's main sponsor this season is expected to be Red Bull, which is already the main sponsor of KTM's MotoGP team and not Shell.