 Show The 2020 world champion is expected to join the factory Honda squad next year alongside Marc Marquez following Suzuki’s shock decision to quit MotoGP at the end of the current season. As with any rider move, part of the negotiations centre on what crew he can bring with him from his current team. While Mir is talking with Honda on this subject, he is wary of the crew already at HRC and doesn’t want to disturb this balance. Asked when some news is expected on his future ahead of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Mir said: “We are really close. “We are closer than yesterday! That’s the good title. And I think we will have news soon about it.” When asked about the possibility of bringing ex-Suzuki team members with him, Mir added: “I don’t want to destroy a team. “This is something I don’t want, but it’s important at the place I will be what they want to do first with the guys that are there and try to understand if some people from Suzuki can come because they don’t have jobs. “So, it’s not that I want to take my team to another place because there is people already there. “We are trying to understand these things but it’s not easy, this situation. “We don’t have something more, also the team. It’s not a normal situation for us, so it’s difficult.” Joan Mir, Team Suzuki MotoGP Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images Mir is yet to score a podium this year on the Suzuki and doesn’t believe any strong result in the Red Bull Ring race will have any bearing on Honda’s decision regarding his crew for 2023. “No, we know that it’s not a situation about pushing a manufacturer or not,” he said. “We are living in an extraordinary situation. “It’s more to move from this difficult moment forward and to enjoy more the weekends, and mentally also, [it] will give a good boost to us.” On Saturday, KTM and Tech 3 is expected to announce current factory Honda rider Pol Espargaro’s appointment to the team in 2023.
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Mir had been linked to a move to Honda for much of this season, but that became a much greater probability when Suzuki announced it would be quitting MotoGP at the end of the 2022 campaign. The 2020 world champion said during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend that he was “very close” to agreeing a deal with Honda. Now, on the eve of this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, Honda has announced it has signed Mir to a new two-year deal to partner six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez at its factory squad from 2023. He will replace Pol Espargaro, who returns to the KTM fold with the rebranded Tech 3 GasGas team next year. Mir will join fellow Suzuki rider Alex Rins in making a switch to Honda for 2023, after the latter penned a two-year deal directly with HRC to race for LCR. Rins takes the place of Alex Marquez, who will join the Gresini squad on a year-old Ducati next year. Pol Espargaro, Repsol Honda Team, Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team Photo by: Dorna Mir will not be present on track at this weekend’s Misano round after fracturing his right foot in a lap one crash at the Austrian GP. His place at Suzuki will be taken by Suzuki endurance racer Kazuki Watanabe, who will make his MotoGP debut at Misano having previously contested five grands prix in the 250cc/Moto2 class in 2009 and 2010. With Mir signed to Honda, all factory team seats have been secured for the 2023 season. Only the remaining Tech 3 GasGas seat, VR46 Ducati, RNF Aprilia and second LCR Honda remain on the market. However, it is unlikely that there will be any change at VR46 with Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi staying on, while RNF looks set to take on Raul Fernandez and Miguel Oliveira. Takaaki Nakagami’s place at LCR has looked in doubt for some time, but Moto2 ace Ai Ogura has recently stated he doesn’t want to step up to MotoGP in 2023 – which could offer a reprieve to his fellow Japanese rider Nakagami. Ducati recently announced it had signed Enea Bastianini to join its factory team to replace KTM-bound Jack Miller, while Jorge Martin will remain with Pramac alongside Johann Zarco.
Who is the riders in Repsol Honda MotoGP?Repsol Honda. Who Will Brad Binder ride for in 2023?Husqvarna graduates to Moto2 for 2023, signs MotoGP exile Darryn Binder. Husqvarna will be represented in the Moto2 World Championship for the first time next season after agreeing a partnership with Intact GP and hiring soon-to-be-ex-MotoGP rider Darryn Binder.
Who will Darryn Binder ride for in 2023?So it turned out and, for the 2023 season, Darryn will be racing a Kalex Husqvarna chassis as part of the LIQUI MOLY Husqvarna Intact GP team, as the Swedish-Austrian brand enters the Moto2 championship for the first time.
Who will ride for Ducati 2023?That marks a departure from the make-up of the Ducati fleet in 2022, with VR46's Luca Marini also riding one of its latest-spec machines at present. Instead, only Francesco Bagnaia, his new team-mate Enea Bastianini, and Pramac duo Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco will be on GP23s next year.
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