Fabio Quartararo's immediate future will be to defend his world title aboard a Yamaha. But when it comes to its near future, the game behind the scenes is more opaque. By stating that “ everything was open » for 2023, manager Eric Mahé opened the telephone line and diaries to discuss the fate of the 22-year-old pilot. The latter confirmed this spirit of openness and it seems that Honda is already one step ahead of the competition in terms of possible hiring…
The rumor comes from MowMag and more precisely Manuel Pecino, guest of the conference of Chico Lorenzo, Jorge's father, in the show Motogepeando. The case of Fabio Quartararo was discussed between the parties on the theme of the succession of Marc Marquez at Repsol Honda. You read correctly, Alberto puig would no longer be looking for a driver capable of best supporting his eight-time World Champion, but rather to replace him.
In addition to Fabio Quartararo, Honda is also thinking of two other drivers
This is already a sensation in itself since Marc Marquez has a contract until 2024. And we are talking about 2023. However, everything must be put in the context of a worn body, an erosion marked by a complex injury to the right arm to which is now added diplopia the evolution of which no one can predict. A point must be made in the coming days, and what comes out of it will depend on many things... We will also remember that Marc Marquez approach to 30 years.
The columnist even goes so far as to say that the agendas between the Frenchman and the Honda team are scheduled for a meeting at Barcelona. On this date, we do not know more, but we still learn that two other pilots are on the short list ofAlberto puig. It is Joan mir, whose criticisms against Suzuki are the same as the French on Yamaha and George Martin. The lowest probability of a transfer concerns the latter, which has all the favors of Ducati to promote him in the factory team, which, moreover, is currently offering the machine that everyone wants... To be continued on the next phone call...
