MADRID — Honda’s MotoGP workforce and former world champion Marc Márquez might be ending their 11-year partnership on the finish of the season, the Japanese engine-maker mentioned Wednesday.
Driving a Honda, Márquez gained six world championships, gained 59 races and secured 64 pole positions within the MotoGP class.
His final world championship got here in 2019. The 30-year-old Spanish racer has struggled with harm since he broke his proper arm within the 2020 opener. He’s at present fifteenth within the factors standings.
The settlement will reduce brief Márquez’s present contract by one 12 months.
“Each events agreed it was of their greatest pursuits to every pursue different avenues sooner or later to greatest obtain their respective objectives and targets,” Honda mentioned in an announcement.