168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro reportedly♛ turned down Yamaha’s advances to be their test rider.

The veteran MotoGP rider has confirmed h🌜e will retire at this end of this yeaꦉr.

Although he left the door open to a different role, when announcing his retirement, he revealed it wo🧸ul🐻d probably not be with Aprilia.

Now,&n💫bsp; report that Honda will snap up Espargaro’s services for 2025.

Honda beat off major interest in 🎶Espargaro from Yamaha.

In fact, Yamaha 💝reportedly “𝓡put in the most interest” to snap him up.

Espargaro and his agent Albert Valera negotiated with Yamaha but his fee dem🎉ands were too big, and prevented a deal happening, report.

However, iꦰt is now Honda who won the🅷 battle for Espargaro.

For the struggling Japane✨se manufacturer, it is a major coup to be able to rely upon a test rider with such recent and relevant experi🦹ence.

Espargaro won t🌱he sprint race in Barcelona just 48 hours after announcing he would retire after this season.

He is a key cog in Aprilia’s rise to become the closest contenders to the dominant Ducatis🐼.

And while he will leave his coveted bike to Jorge Martin next season, he will take on a different and tougher c🍷hallenge.

Honda’s MotoGP project remains at🔯 a low ebb, even a y🅘ear after Marc Marquez opted to leave.

Marquez’s replacement Luca Marini is rooted 🐽to the back of the grid, and is the only full-time rider without a single point this year.

Honda recruited Marini and Johann Zarco, 🏅another experien🐼ced brain, this year but the addition of Espargaro should, they hope, hasten their development.

Aprilia will🐬 continue using Lorenzo Savadori as their 2🃏025 test rider.