The rumor hit the public square and sources very close to the matter confirmed it behind the scenes. But since then, the parties now seem paralyzed. It must be said that an Alberto Puig opening wide the doors of the Repsol Honda team to a Pol Espargaró poached from KTM is a strong image. Especially since this opens up the small, and exit, for Alex Marquez who has not yet been able to do a single race on the RC213V in a season which is his first in MotoGP… What does his older brother Marc think? Mark? The manager of the two Spaniards, Emilio Alzamora begins to respond, recalling the conditions which pushed him, a few weeks ago, to sign for four years with HRC…
Un Pol Espargaro pushing his brother out of the Repsol Honda box where he reigns supreme is certainly not the scenario that Marc Marquez had imagined discovering a few weeks after signing a four-year lease with Honda in MotoGP. For a little, one would believe in an ambush set by Alberto puig to better roll in the flour the manager Emilio Alzamora.
The latter began to react, by calling back AS Why Marc Marquez, eight-time world champion, had transgressed the codes of the MotoGP rider market, by signing such a long lease with a brand: “ Marc was the first to propose renewing for four years » points out the former 125 World Champion. « We really thought about it, we thought about it a lot, especially Marc: why not, if Honda gave you the opportunity to have a factory team and to be able to win from the first year. And given all the success it has had with its group of technicians and engineers making a pack. Let's not forget that it is very important for the results ».
“The conditions were met”
« So why not renew for four years? Marc, let's not forget, is still a very young driver. And that the challenges, for Marc, are to win world championships. With the same brand or with others. It is an idea that time will take away from us or that will prove us right. Because with Marc and with all of us who are with him, every year there is only one requirement: to be world champion. Because he is the best in the world and he will try every year. But as I said, all the conditions were there to provide stability and seek the objectives that Marc pursues ". And now ?
