Luca Marini negotiating final details to join Repsol Honda in 2024
The VR46 rider appears to haveꦏ won the race to replace Marc Marquez, who is going to Gresini Ducati, at Honda.
A crucial meeting on Saturday night 🅷between Honda and Marini’s management at the Malaysian MotoGP🍒 in Sepang appears to have resulted in a breakthrough, report.
“The parties are very c﷽lose to closing a ♛deal,” the report states.
“The agreement between the Italian rider and the Japanese manuf💟acturer will be made official.”
The details over his contract - wheth𓂃er it’s one ye💖ar or more - are unclear at this stage.
Marini first met Honda teaღm manager Alberto Puig to discuss a switch in Indonesia.
VR46’s Uccio Salucci intriguingly suggested in Sepang that is team would not “put a spanner ꦯin🎃 the works” of a deal.
Marini is now one small step away from penning a contract to join Repsol Honda, winning a race for the seat which has included Fabio di Giannantonio, Fermin Aldeguer, Miguel Oliveira, Maverick Vinales and Po𒅌l Espargaro.
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