Honda set sights on Maverick Vinales move - after their No1 target said ‘no’
Hond𒆙a 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 rep🦋ortedly the new top target for Honda in the rider market.
But only because their No1 op🤪tion 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 this season has made it c🌠lear that he won’t be moving manufacturers next yea﷽r.
The interest in A🅺costa from Honda dates back at least a ye⛦ar.
He became a key targ♍et for the Japanese manufacturer 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-term to the Austr🌠ia-based brand.
Honda are nowhere 🍌near as competitive as KTM at the moment, but they do not lack the finances to relaunch their aspiration of returning to the top of MotoGP.
But, seemingly, despite the deep pockets at ꦏHonda (which were also not enough to convince Marquez to stay), Acosta has no interest either.
Instead, Vinales enters the equation for Honda.
The ꧃in-f🎃orm Aprilia rider finds himself in an interesting position as silly season ramps up.
He is out of contract with Aprilia at the end of this year, a𒀰nd 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 wi𒉰n a grand prix for three different brands.
He has also won conse꧃cutive sprint races, at Portimao and Texas.
So, Vi🤪nales’ 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, i🔥f he is somehow unable to agree terms on a new deal with his existing team.
Vinales was not necessarily expected to be 🐭a pivotal player in🌸 the 2025 rider market.
Buꦑt, ahead of this weekend’s Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, he seems to have options on the table✨ for his future.
Honda have Luca Mar꧂ini (Repsol) and Johann Zarco (LCR🔜) contracted for next year. 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 satellꦆite team next ye🌳ar because their contract is also coming to an end.

Ja♑mes was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythin🌊g from American sports, to football, to F1.