Honda have been💜 warned by ex-rider Pol Espargaro that money isn’t enough to restore them to the pinnacle of MotoGP.

Pol’s brother Aleix Espargaro will retiౠre from racing to become a HRC test rider in 2025, adding valuable experience to their project.

Honda have been stuck in a rut for several years, highli🔯ghted b𝔉y Marc Marquez’s exit.

Pol Espargaro, who was Marquez’s factory Honda teammate f🐲or two seasons, said: “They are working. I know they are workin🥃g.

“But it’s not just about working, resources, or how much money y♒ou have to deliver the resul🅷t.

“It’s not about that!

“It’s ever🍌ything together - how do you work? How is the organisation? How is the testing? Because testing is a very important part of this sport now.

“The guys race twice per weeke꧒nd so they have no time to tಞest during a race weekend. Maybe in the past, they did.

“So it’s important to have a strong test team. I have seen that this ♏is important for the progression of manufacturers.

“The level is high and the technologyꦗ is so advanced.”

'Difficult to imagine the pressure'

Aleix Espargaro has brought the cu🎀rtain down on his lengthy MotoGP career, and exited Aprilia, to focus on testing for♒ Honda.

“Aleix was looking for s🧜omething like that,” his brother Pol 🦹said.

“It’s really difficult to imagine the pre♈ssꦦure that these guys have every day to perform.

“They push themselves on a race weekend, but also in their♐ lifestyle to be the best everyday, to question yourself everyday and say ‘how can I be better?’

“Aleix reached a point where he had a lot of things in♌ his head, thinking abo🅺ut what he wants to do in the future.

“He wants to be with his family. Also, he likes cyclin𓄧g and wants to 𒅌do something before he’s too old.

“He wants to do different things in life which is understandable 🀅after so many years in the paddock.

“To go to Honda, and to make them win again or be at the ꩲtop again, is an amazing target, an amazing goal, a great adventure.”