Official: Somkiat Chantra makes history as Thailand’s first MotoGP rider
Somkiat Chantra officially confirmed at LCR Honda 🐻f𓆉or the 2025 MotoGP season.
Thailand will have its first MotoGP rider in 2025 with official 🍸confirmation that Somkiat Chantra has signed for LCR Honda.
The double Moto2 race winner will be team-mate to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco and replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami, whose seven-year teꦉnure at LCR ends at Valencia.
"I'm excited to🗹 join the LCR team," Chant💎ra said. "Stepping into MotoGP has always been my dream, and I will finally make it true.
"I want to thank all the sponsors and people who have supꩲportౠed me from the beginning of my career until now.
"For the next season, I'm committed to learningജ, giving my maximum, and enjoying this new adventure. It will be difficult, but I will give my best."
Chantra rose thಞrough the Asia Talent Cup and CEV Motꦇo3 Junior World Championship before impressing with ninth place as a Moto3 wild-card in his home Buriram round in 2018.
That led to a full-time ride, in Moto2, with Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, where Chantra has remained ever since. Chantra scored his first podiums a𝐆nd win in 2022, adding another vict꧅ory last season on his way to sixth in the standings.
Chantra, 25,ꦆ is currently tenth (the sixth-best Kalex rider) in the new ꧃Pirelli Moto2 era, with a best race finish of fifth.
Earlier today, Nakaga🉐mi was confirmed as🔥 switching to HRC test-riding duties🍸 in Japan, plus some MotoGP wild-cards. Aleix Espargaro has already signed as Honda’s new European-based test rider ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚalongside Stefan Bradl.
"First, I would like to thank Takaa🍬ki Nakagami for his outstanding commitment during the past seven MotoGP sea💃sons working together; we wish him the best in his next chapter with Honda," said team principal Lucio Cecchinello.
"As for the future, alongside HRC, we believe that it's time to welcome a gr💯eat Asian talent such as Somkiat Chantra, as we think he deserves an opportunity at the highest level of the two-wheel compe✤tition.
"Through his years in Moto2, he's🦹 shown potential and the skills to grow and become a ⛎strong rider in MotoGP. LCR and Honda will provide him with the best to support him over the different phases of this new project".
Chantra will join good friend and former team-mate Ai Ogura👍 (Trackhouse) plus Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini) 🦄in moving from Moto2 to MotoGP next year.
With Buriram becoming the opening round of next season, the popular #35 will make his MotoGP race debut🔯 in front of his home fans in early🐎 March.
Chantra'💝s deal also means only the two Pramac Yamaha seats - expected to go to Miguel Oliveira and Jack Miller - are still to be confiܫrmed.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront o🎶f the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
