{"id":218010,"date":"2025-10-16T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/218010\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:21:09","slug":"newest-motogp-signing-teases-2026-number-choice-it-will-be-brazilian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/218010\/","title":{"rendered":"Newest MotoGP signing teases 2026 number choice: \u2018It will be Brazilian\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honda\u2019s newest MotoGP signing Diogo Moreira has teased what number he will use in his rookie season in 2026, but \u201cit is a secret\u201d he will reveal at the Valencia test.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this weekend\u2019s Australian Grand Prix, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1083993\/1\/2026-motogp-grid-completed-lcr-finally-announces-diogo-moreira\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honda announced that it had signed Moto2 superstar Moreira<\/a> to a three-year factory contract to bring him to MotoGP next season with LCR.<\/p>\n<p>It is a move that has been an open secret since the summer, with Moreira joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/889489\/johann-zarco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johann Zarco<\/a> at LCR in place of Honda World Superbike-bound Somkiat Chantra.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian is just nine points off championship leader Manu Gonzalez in Moto2 with four rounds to go.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> step, he said: \u201cRight now I\u2019m really happy.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are in a good moment, and also in my life. I think it\u2019s important to have this opportunity for MotoGP. I am really grateful for this. It will be nice, for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have three years, so we need to be calm. We need to understand the bike, also the category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s another world. So, we need to be focused on that point. Right now Honda is in a good moment. I think they will improve for sure, and let\u2019s see next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I think this year is the best year of my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m enjoying it a lot this year and also learning a lot. It\u2019s important, for sure, to be ready for next year. It will be a crazy weekend in Brazil in the second race of the season.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of my family and all of my friends will be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreria currently races with No.10 in Moto2, but cannot use that in MotoGP as it is currently owned by future Honda stablemate Luca Marini.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian says he has already selected his number, but refused to say what his choice was other than that it holds a significance in his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know already my number for next year, but it is a secret,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will use it after the Valencia race when we make the test on the Tuesday. It will be a Brazilian number, so that is the key\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Moreira could be teasing that he has opted to use No.4 next season, which was the number countryman Alex Barros rode to seven MotoGP wins during his career.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Honda\u2019s newest MotoGP signing Diogo Moreira has teased what number he will use in his rookie season in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,914,15613,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-218010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-honda","11":"tag-lcr-honda","12":"tag-motor","13":"tag-motor-sports","14":"tag-motosport","15":"tag-motosports","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}