The Moto3 world champion in 2014 and Moto2 in 2019 will leave Honda at the end of this course, the brand that led him to debut in the premier class in 2020, in the official Repsol Honda team, and that the last two years have paid him the salary and provided the best possible material in the LCR satellite structure, after verifying that neither the manufacturer’s interest in renewing him is firm, nor his in continuing to fight with a motorcycle that does not work, neither is it.
Everything indicates that Alex Márquez’s fate will be on a Ducati, specifically from Gresini’s satellite team, with whom his agent is trying to close an agreement, quite possibly, this weekend in Assen, where the Grand Prix is being held. from the Netherlands.
“We understand perfectly that it is becoming more and more difficult for Alex to have the illusion of staying with a bike that, unfortunately, is not being as competitive as he deserves for his work and dedication,” Lucio Cecchinello explained to Motorsport.com on Thursday.
“We are going to continue giving Alex the best we can until the end, but it is difficult for him to find the motivation if he sees that he does not have access to good results,” added the LCR boss, assuming the departure of the Spaniard.
The youngest of the Márquez brothers came to MotoGP in 2020 almost unexpectedly, announcing his retirement a year before the end of his contract with HRC Jorge Lorenzo. Honda felt that the 2019 Moto2 champion was the right man to complete the factory team line-up.
Bad luck wanted, however, that Alex could not even share a single race with his brother, Marc Márquez, healthy at Repsol Honda, due to the injury suffered in Jerez.
Despite this, Alex achieved his best results in his rookie year, with two second places and a total of 74 points in just 14 races in the midst of the pandemic.
Before starting that course, however, Honda already announced that Alex would ride the next two seasons with LCR, the satellite structure. In the 18 races of 2021, Alex did not achieve a podium and scored 70 points in 18 weekends, while this year, in the first ten races he has 26 points, he is 18th overall and his best result was 7th place in Portimao.
As revealed by Motorsport.com , Alex Márquez’s replacement at LCR will be Alex Rins, now at Suzuki.
“We have spoken with Rins’ agent and we have understood each other on many things, I hope this weekend here, in Assen, to meet with him again and make more progress, I would like to close it before the summer break, since this year is very long”, conceded Cecchinello.