This prospect for Marc Marquez seems for the moment to be an improbable scenario, and yet it is increasingly relayed by different sources who say they are close to the matter. The latest is this tweet which is to be compared with the assessment recently made by Giacomo Agostini on the situation of the eight-time World Champion at Honda, with the backdrop of an upcoming separation with a new destination still unknown for the pilot , and which includes in particular this statement: “ KTM, which is the only team that can be considered a candidate given the agreements between Marc Marquez and Red Bull ". Exactly…
This is not the first time that we have heard of a revolution in the MotoGP paddock initiated by the big money of Red Bull who would take charge of the rest of the career of Marc Marquez. Sure Sportaction-Paddock TV, the former executive of the LCR-Honda team Oscar Haro declared a month ago: “ Marc Marquez is very angry with Honda. Red Bull is considering taking him to KTM, while Pedro Acosta could go to HRC and with Emilio Alzamora ».
Since then, there has been this tweet.
I am the ⚠️RUMOR⚠️ of a person with important contacts in the paddock.
I therefore have permission to publish the publication by NO team that is probably suba, because it is the tapo.
Aclaro: he says that it is RUMOR, nada cierto. Let everyone list what they decided to invent… pic.twitter.com/FT2m05i36C
— alejandroGP (@alejandrogp__) May 1, 2023
Marc Marquez and Red Bull certainly define a common future, but where?
And then there is also a Marc Marquez assuring after the French Grand Prix: “ I said in the box that I am well prepared, I drove like I haven't done in a long time, but we can't do it like that every race. For me, the most important thing psychologically is to show that I am, to continue with this confidence in myself and to wait for little things to arrive from Japan ». Marc Marquez therefore, at Le Mans, reassured Red Bull about its intact capabilities and warned Honda, once again, that the time had really come to do one's part of the job...
But if not, what are the scenarios? Because there are several variations... The first is a weariness of Repsol, in fact, on the departure which brings Honda to reconsider its project economically. With the consequence of the departure of Marc Marquez leaving for KTM with Red Bull guarantor of its purchasing power. In its place, Peter Acosta.
The second is a reorganization at Pierer Mobility AG to integrate Marc Marquez ET Pedro Acosta. For that, we would have to steal a team from the Ducati clan and stamp it Husqvarna... Because if Dorna has, in reserve, two blocks of the starting grid since the departure of Suzuki, it reserves them for a real manufacturer, and not for a marketing operation of a coat of arms already in the place. An idea that inspired motorcyclesports this image below…
The third and a priori last consists of freeing up a place at KTM for Marc Marquez, by putting for example Brad Binder at Tech3 GASGAS which would thus have the destiny that Miguel Oliveira refused this year. In this case, what about Peter Acosta ? KTM always or Honda. This option would cause collateral damage, Augusto Fernandez thus appearing to be the most vulnerable. Now, there are two ways of looking at things: either it's a lot of smoke, or there is no smoke without fire...
