Honda set sights on Maverick Vinales move - after their No1 target said ‘no’
Honda are showing💫 major ambition in the 2025 rider market

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales is reportedly the new top taᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚℱᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrget for Honda in the rider market.
But only because their No1 option for 2025 🦩has “declined”.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta was 👍the dream for the big bosses at Honda, report🔯.
But the rookie who has taken MotoGP by storm ꧑this season﷽ has made it clear that he won’t be moving manufacturers next year.
The inter♋est in Acosta from Honda dates back at least a year.
He became a key🔜 target for the Japanese manufact⭕urer as a replacement for the outgoing Marc Marquez last season.
But, Acosta entered the premier class with KTM’s satellite project Tech3 GASGAS and he is tied long-t𒁃🌞erm to the Austria-based brand.
Honda are nowhere near as competitive as KTM at the moment, but they do not lack the finan𓆏ces to relaunch their aspiration of returning to the top of MotoGP.
But, seemingly, despite the deep pockets at Honda (which were also not enough to convince Marquez to stay), Acosta has🦋 no int💫erest either.
Instead, Vinales enters the equation for Honda.
The in-form Aprilia rider finds himself in 🎉an interesting position as silly season ramps up.
He is out of contract with Ap🐼rilia at the end of this year, and recently watched on as the Italian manufacturer tried and failed to recruit Fabio Quartararo.
As Quartararo rejected them, Vinales won🐲 the Americas MotoGP to become the first rider post-2002 to win a grand prix for three different brands.
He has also won consecutive sprint races, at Po♓rtimao and Texas.
So, Vinales’ value to Aprilia may have never been higher than it is now, 🐭amid his red-hot form and their failure to lure Quartararo♐.
Interest from Honda could tempt Vinales, who has already represented Japanese brands Yamaha and Suzuki, if he is somehow unable to agree terms on a new deal๊ with his existing team.
Vinales was not necessarily expected to be a piওvotal player in the 2025 rider🐲 market.
But, ahead of th🥂is weekend’s Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, h🌊e seems to have options on the table for his future.
Honda have Luca Marini (Repsol) and Johann Zarco (LCR) contracted for next yea൩r. But Joan Mir (Repsol) and Takaaki Nakagami (LCR) have deals which expire this year.
The LCR team are also set to open talks with Honda to remain as a satellite team next year because their contract is 🧸also coming to an end.

James wa🃏s a sports journalist at Sky Sports fo𒈔r a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.