Odd denial over “100% false” rumour from Honda boss as rider search goes on
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Malaysian MotoGP, Sepang – Friday Practice ResultsMoto2 teenage talent Aldeguer emerged as a shock possibility to inherit the bike that Marc Marquez will vacate when he goes to Gresini Ducati in 2024.Aldeguer himself fanned the flames of this rumour at the Malaysian MotoGP this weekend.But Puig, the Repsol Honda team manager, has now said to DAZN: “No, I don’t know where that came from. It’s 100% false. “Yesterday I spoke to Aldeguer’s manager and I asked him where it came from and he didn’t know what to say.”Pol Espargaro named as a “real possibility” to return to Repsol Honda in 2024
Aldeguer had previously insisted: “The call was there but I don’t have anything on the table…”Ricard Jove, the DAZN journalist who broke the news, reacted: “Well now Alberto Puig flatly denies any contact with Fermin Aldeguer, when both the rider himself and his manager have confirmed through various channels that there was interest on the part of Honda. “Wow, I don’t know who is lying and who isn’t!! Frankly surprising!!“I know why that reaction! But I’m not going to explain it. “It is not the first time they have denied news, nor will it probably be the last. It is normal! There are always leaks!”Related How to watch the Malaysian MotoGP practice today: Live stream here Machine Gun Kelly has his say over “random interview” with Martin Brundle
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