The rumours were true: Six time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will leave the Repsol Honda team at the end of 2023.
The Spanish star has raced for Honda throughout his premier-class career, winning 59 races for the Japanese brand, more than any other rider.
'With a year still remaining on the four-year contract between HRC and Marc Marquez, both parties have mutually agreed to end their collaboration upon completion of the 2023 MotoGP World Championship season. Both parties agreed it was in their best interests to each pursue other avenues in the future to best achieve their respective goals and targets.
But while a fourth surgery in May 2022 finally fixed the limb mobility issues, Honda's fortunes continued to tank and it suffered a first winless Grand Prix season since the early 1980s.A key moment in Marquez's decision to quit Honda possibly came at this year's Sachsenring round, where Marquez struggled to five falls at a track where he had previously been unbeaten in MotoGP and withdrew from the Sunday race due to his injuries.
The instant leap in form by younger brother Alex this season must also have been significant, rocketing to a pole and podium in only his second event on the Ducati after languishing 16th and 17th in the standings during two years at LCR Honda. Alex added a Sprint win and six other top-six finishes before a rib injury in India.
Since changing from Aprilia to Ducati machinery for the start of 2022, Gresini has won four grand prix races with Enea Bastianini plus one Sprint victory for Alex Marquez .
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