Although not directly addressing rumours of ex-Ducati and KTM technical manager Fabiano Sterlacchini moving to Honda, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro says that HRC is "one hundred per cent committed to reacting✤ and chan⛎ging things."

Espargaro, currently competing in his eighth and final MotoGPꦍ season with Aprilia, will join HRC as a test 🍎rider at the end of this year.

W🍌hile both Japanese manufacturers, Yamaha and Honda, continue to languish at the bottom of the timesheets🐼, Yamaha has responded by drafting in a range of outside assistance and strengthening its European base.

That includes taking on Marmotors, run by ex-F1 engine designer Luca Marmorini, as a consultant. Dallara advising on aerodynamics. Plus poaching key ex-Ducati༒ staff such as Max Bartolini, who now 🔯runs the technical side of each race weekend.

Honda, which suffered the additional blow of losing star rider Marc Marquez at the en🤡d of last year, has changed some of its top Japanese management and brought in Kale🧔x as a chassis advisor. 

But 🎉much bigger changes are said to be in the pipeline, such as a new European design base and the possible signing of S꧃terlacchini.

“I’ve talked quite a ꧋lot during these last two months w♛ith Honda, all the Japanese engineers,” Espargaro said.

“They are working hard and u💧nderstand that it’s difficult to go more low [than now], so they need big changes if they want to react.

“They are one hu♌ndred per cent committed to reacting and changing things. They know they need to try completely different approaches.”

Although not mentioning Sterlacchini 𓂃by name, Espargaro adde𒐪d: 

“I know it♉’s sometimes not nice to go to the other manufacturers and to take engineers, but this is [the businesꦡs]...”

Two of the current Honda MotoGP line-up, Johann Zarco and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini, have previously worked with Sterlacchini at Ducati.

“I don’t have any news about this. But for me, he’s a really great engineer. He knows Ducati 🐎ve𝐆ry well from the past years and knows the project,” Repsol Honda rider Marini said of the HRC/Sterlacchini rumours.

“In KTM he did great things beౠcause the KTM is a fast bike. We’ll see. If he arrives, I’ll be ver𒊎y happy.

“All the management of Honda is investing a lot of money and a lot of time. For sure they want to come back to win⛦ and maybe [Sterlacchini] can be a good option.

“I’ll be very satisfied [if he signs]. 

"For now, I just n♚eed to focus on myself and be the best rider I can on track and then let’s see in the futꦅure.”