Overview

• Luca Marini, half-brother of Valentino Rossi, will replace Marc Marquez on the Honda MotoGP team next season.
• Marini has been racing for Rossi's VR46 Ducati team since 2021 and was runner-up in the Moto2 championship in 2020.
• Marini will partner with Joan Mir, the 2020 MotoGP champion with Suzuki, at the Repsol Honda team.
• Marc Marquez, a six-time MotoGP world champion, has joined his brother Alex at Ducati satellite team Gresini Racing.
• Valentino Rossi, now retired, won three of his seven titles in the top category with Honda from 2001-03.