MotoGP silly season is in full swing, who’s the next shock move?

MotoGP silly season has already had an impact on the 2024 grid - what are the latest rumours ahead of Barcelona?
Joan Mir, MotoGP race, Austrian MotoGP, 20 August
Joan Mir, MotoGP race, Austrian MotoGP, 20 August

KTM

The Austrian manufacturer are at the heart of si🦩lly season because the🦋y currently have five riders but only four bikes.

Pedro Acosta has been assured of🙈 a preꦗmier class place having moved up from Moto2.

But since promising him a seat, Dorna have denied🌌 KTM’s request for a fifth bike, leaving them with a headache.

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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller feistily reminded us that he has a contract for 2024, yet DAZN reported that he could the shock victim of t𒐪his situat🍌ion, if KTM can’t find a way to add Acosta to their existing bunch.

No such rumours have plagued Miller’s factory teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder.

Tech3 GASGAS’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pol Espargaro has been linked with becoming their test and reserve rider. This is if KTM can agree 𓆉to having six wildcards next year. Espargaro would also fill in for injuries at KTM’s factory and satellite teams.

Augusto Fernandez, once the obvious choice to 🌳be moved away, has been rewarded with a 2024 contract🗹 so looks guaranteed to stay put.

Honda

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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez꧟ is t🅰he big question. He is contracted for 2024 but Honda have been so underwhelming that reports continue to swirl that he might move next season.

Alberto Puig insisted nobody wou🎃ld be forced to stay, and KTM admitted they tried an꧅d failed to lure Marquez for next season.

Ducati’s two vacant seats - at Pramac and alongside his brother at Gresini - also emerged as shock destinations. Ducati continue to insist that Marquez will never ride for them, but should today’s most succesಌsful rider truly become available, could today’s most dominant team really resist him?

Joan Mir considered r𝓀etirement, such is the disappointment of his debut Repsol Honda season. He is so keen to escape that he has reportedly offered his own services to Gresini Ducati (Iker Lecuona would be a straightforward replacement for Mir).

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Takaaki Nakagami is so often questioned, with Ai Ogura always lurking in the background, but his place appears secure due to the doubt ove💖r the factory duo.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Rins, Nakagami’ওs LCR teammate, has already confirmed he will leave - after one grand prix win and one broken l𓂃eg representing Honda - to join Yamaha.

Ducati

There’s no doubt over factory rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia’s future. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini has also been backed, despite his injury-interrupted🎀 season, but will be feeling the pressure to remind Ducati of his talent s♓oon.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin was a candidate 𒊎to join Yamaha but will now stayꦛ with Pramac.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Johann Zarco has quit Pramac to join LCR Honda (swapping the best bike for the worst but due🌺 to the longer contract), creating a vacancy.

Pramac are contractually entitled to a 2024-spec Desmosedici next year, which in Zarco’s absence was offered to Mooney VR46’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi.

Bezzecchi instead chose to stay alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Marini at Mooney VR46, meaning the Pramac vacancy is the only free seat curre𓂃ntly up for grab🐟s.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez has been given a new contract to stay at Gresini, but the place of his teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio di Giannantonio is constantly in doubt.

But, Moto2 duo Tony Arbolino and Jake Dixon, who were both linked to the Gre🌸sini seat, have now signed new contracts to stay where they are.

Di Giannantonio could cling onto his at-risk seat if the contenders rule themsel✅ves out.

Franco Morbidelli remains an obvious candidate for ꧅either the Pramac or Gresini seats.

Yamaha

The Japanese manufacturer chose to get rid of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli in favour of Alex Rins.

Their bigger headache is star rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo - he’s made it pretty clear that, if he doesn’t see significant prog💖ress at the upcoming Misano test, he’ll look around for a better bike some💧where else.

Quartararo is contracted foꦿr 2024 but the interest could begin to queue up for 2025.

Aprilia

No drama here. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales at the factory team, and RNF’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Miguel Oliveira and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Raul Fernandez, will all stay. Eventually, 🌞though, Aprilia will need to think long-term about who replaces veteran duo Espargaro and Vinales.

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