What about Marc Marquez in 2021? The question challenges Bautista, especially since the answer is difficult to give since the person himself is waiting. His injury persists and the Honda official is still far from finding his RC213V. A third operation on his right humerus appears to condemn him to six months of additional convalescence. Which means a new package, from the start of the 2021 season. Honda must therefore consider replacing it. And the WSBK driver wants to be remembered fondly by the decision-makers in Tokyo…
Marc Marquez had to skip the 2020 season and everything seems to indicate that he will have to do the same during part of the 2021 campaign. Honda knows this and is thinking about who would fill the interim role. Stefan bradl did it this year, but it is not certain that it will be as mobilized next year. Because he must honor his function as test pilot. The name of Dovizioso was advanced. However, it will be necessary to convince the Italian of a temporary position while he declared that only a solid project in which he would be considered and invested would bring him out of his sabbatical year.
Bautista: “if Honda offers me…”
It will therefore not be easy to install a driver in the Repsol box alongside the newcomer Pol Espargaro. However, the HRC official in WSBK Alvaro Bautista, wanted to remind us that if Honda was lacking inspiration, it could be a solution…
Questioned by the AS newspaper, the Spanish pilot said he was available: “ I am an HRC rider and I am part of the Superbike project, but if Honda offers me something to do MotoGP, like tests or help them in another way, it would be a pleasure. However, I want Marc to get back on the bike to end his ordeal of not being able to race ". The message got through. Will it be heard?
