Let’s talk MotoGP: Here’s who Honda Repsol should bet on – 1/2

The MotoGP transfer window ends soon, and the last unknown on the grid concerns the greatest team in the history of Grands Prix, namely Honda Repsol. Almost every week, we hear a new name linked to the famous institution. At the time of writing, no contract has yet been sealed but several avenues have already been mentioned in Japan. The goal of this article is to give you a simple overview, with the positives and negatives related to each contender. Are you ready ? Let's go !

 

Fermín Aldeguer at Honda Repsol in MotoGP, too impressive a task?

 

Let's start with the latest rumor; Track Fermín Aldeguer. You don't follow the Moto2 championship? No worries, we will inform you about this nugget. A nugget, yes, because the young Spaniard has great talent, there is no doubt about it. Officially a rookie in 2022, he has already won two Grands Prix for Speed ​​Up/Boscoscuro in 2023, including a sensational victory in Thailand last Sunday. Even Pedro Acosta couldn't do anything about it. By not benefiting from the Kalex chassis common to all agitators in the category, it is doing more than honorably. After unlocking his counter at Silverstone, he could have repeated in Australia if the weather conditions had not worked against him.

 

 

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• At only 18 years old, his charisma, his driving style and his determination could dynamite the Honda Repsol team, that's a certainty. If he were to sign, Honda would recruit a driver without much pressure because no one would be able to hold his probable poor early results against him.
• The winged firm also has the possibility of unearthing a “surprise” nugget exactly like Fabio Quartararo, the two having relatively similar profiles before their accession in MotoGP.

 

 

The lessers :

• I'm sorry, but I don't see many more advantages in signing Fermín Aldeguer. Yes, he won two races in Moto2 but it also has gaps; his season is far from incredible. On the track, he enjoys a good burst of speed, that's obvious, but his competitors, who are Aron Canet, Alonso lopez, Tony Arbolino et Jake dixon - not to mention Pedro Acosta – have nothing to envy him. It is still early to entrust him with such a task...
• …Because you have to realize the job that awaits you. Here, it's not about trying to perform with a fine-tuned bike, it's about learning. We must hope to turn around the greatest team in history. Is he ready for such a challenge after only three years of career in the world? I doubt. And then, the case of Fabio Quartararo, a brilliant surprise rookie, is unique in the history of Grands Prix. Given the difficulty of the work, I don't see why he would be better than Álex Márquez in 2020 for example, who arrived at him as reigning Moto2 champion.

 

 

For me, this is not the right choice. It's too early, and even if it means signing a young wolf from the intermediate category in one of its most competitive years, it was necessary to bet everything on the generational talent of Pedro Acosta, to snatch him from KTM. The train has passed.

 

Fabio Di Giannantonio, the ideal candidate?

 

Here, no need to go back to his profile; you can find an article about it by clicking here.

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• He is already in MotoGP. He knows the environment, the bikes, the competitors, the pressure at the very highest level. In addition, he is free, would not cost the team dearly and has shown, on two occasions, that he is capable of competing for the podium with the best in the world.
• He benefits from the experience of the Ducati Desmosedici, on the one hand, but also and above all, from a team that works. Gresini Racing has been working miracles for two years, and if Honda Repsol deigns to listen, then they could take the opportunity to make structural modifications and draw more inspiration from the European model, in concert with the words of Johann Zarco. The Frenchman should also stay at LCR Honda.
• Also, even if it is more difficult to understand, he is hungry, he wants his revenge and needs to prove to himself that he can do it. Will this be enough?

That's all for today ! Tomorrow, we will study the minuses concerning Fabio Di Giannantonio as well as the profile of the last serious candidate to ride Honda Repsol.. Tell us what you think in the comments!

 

 

Cover photo: Box Repsol