168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro has opened up on his decision to join Honda for the next chapter in his MotoGP career as a factory test rider in 2025.

By the time he rides his final RS-GP lap at Valencia, Espargaro will have spent eight seasons at Aprilia, helping them progress from th♊e 💞back to the front of the grid.

That includes Aprilia’s𝄹 first three MotoGP wins and two further Sprint victories, alongsid▨e eleven GP podiums to date and leading the 2022 world championship.

Having proudly carried the Captain moniker - recently tattooed on his arm - it was💝 a surprise that Espargaro didn’t want to slot into the role of test rider for the Noale factory.

Instead, he’s starting a new challenge at HRC.

“It is a really good opportunity and I’m really honour😼ed to join HRC,” Espargaro said. “I talked with the top Japanese management and they really believe and trust in me and this is what made me deci🐈de to go.

“I will try to raise the level of the bike technically, which is what I did with Aprilia, but I will also be a team player, trying to work with the riders, b🃏e in the garage, to bring the mood that I helped create in these eight seasons with Aprilia.

“They really need this also. It is not just technical buꦐt on this side also. I will try.”

La🔴st in the constructors’ st🌺andings for the past two seasons, Honda hasn’t won a MotoGP race Alex Rins' victory at COTA 2023.

Victory looks further away than ever at the moment with the top RC213V rider, 2020 (Suzuki) world champion Joan Mir, just 18✅th in the standings with a best Sunday finish of 12th.

“They are missing everything,” Espargaro said with his cha🌼racteristic directness.

“Imagine how difficult it is for a team like HRC, who were winning everything and now they a🐷re finishing outside the points. This is a shock, emotionally.

"For example, Jo🐬an Mir is a world champion and now he is not able to fini𒐪sh races. 

“My✅ job is done in Aprilia… I did everything I could. I worked very, very hard for eight seasons to help put them oᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn top and I think my job is done,” Espargaro added. “They have a good test rider with Savadori, who is doing a great job.

“It is good motivation and a good opportunity for me to join HRC. They are not in the best moment, that’s f⛎or sure, so if I can help them get back on top it will be💞 fantastic.

“I think they really understand that they have to change,” he added. “They trust me and the opportunity they’ve given me is fantastic. I don’t have to say, but [Honda] is the biggest b𒐪rand in this paddock, so they have to be on top fighting for victories.”

Espargaro confirmed that he has signed to test the RC213V, alongside Stefan Bradl🐓, and race as a wild-card.

“Yes, there is planning to do wild-cards in the contract but I don’t think this is the most important🧔 thing right now,” Espargaro said. “I will race no problem, I think I have proved I am still fast, even if I am 34.

“I🔜 still have 4-5 years where I will be very fast🎃 in terms of speed, but the most important thing is Joan and Luca, so I will try to help them.”

Marini took his first world championship point൲ as a Honda rider, after bei🎐ng promoted to 15th by tyre pressure penalties on Sunday in Germany.

Espargaro missed the German Grand 🍸Prix due to hand injuries sustained a week earlier at Assen but now has the summer break to recover before Silverstone.