{"id":306006,"date":"2025-11-24T17:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/306006\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:41:06","slug":"former-motogp-rider-identifies-prospects-who-have-shown-they-are-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/306006\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MotoGP rider identifies prospects who have \u2018shown they are ready\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former MotoGP rider and current Intact GP Moto2 team boss Tom Luthi believes Manu Gonzalez and Senna Agius \u201care ready\u201d to be successful in the premier class.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> season will see two rookies on the grid in reigning Moto2 champion Diogo Moreira and triple World Superbike champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995265\/toprak-razgatlioglu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toprak Razgatlioglu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At one stage during the summer, Manu Gonzalez was being considered for a step to MotoGP with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/prima-pramac-yamaha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pramac Yamaha<\/a> alongside Razgatlioglu.<\/p>\n<p>However, he will remain in Moto2 next year, having finished runner-up in the class in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Does Intact GP have MotoGP\u2019s next star rookies?<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Speedweek, Luthi believes Gonzalez and team-mate Senna Agius, who won the British and Australian Grands Prix this year, have shown they are ready to be competitive in MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have two completely different characters in the Moto2 team,\u201d Luthi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenna is still very young. He doesn\u2019t have that much experience yet, but he has enormous talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s already doing a lot of things right and is operating at an incredibly high level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with him is exciting. He gains new experiences every day and is improving. He&#8217;s becoming more and more grounded \u2013 both in the class and within the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it really exciting to take these steps with him.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other hand, we have Manuel, who is very experienced. He&#8217;s very composed and knows where he wants to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith him, it&#8217;s all about the details. With Senna, however, we&#8217;re often working on bigger things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManu is a workhorse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows every detail and analyses everything down to the smallest detail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows exactly what he wants and what needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this consistent work ethic, he has made his way up from the Supersport category to Moto2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is now so experienced here that it no longer matters which path ultimately led him here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cBoth have already won Moto2 races; that shows they are ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez tested MotoGP machinery earlier this year, when he was given a chance to ride the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/trackhouse-motogp-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trackhouse Aprilia<\/a> at Aragon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former MotoGP rider and current Intact GP Moto2 team boss Tom Luthi believes Manu Gonzalez and Senna Agius&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85,113427],"class_list":{"0":"post-306006","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-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-trackhouse-motogp-team"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306006","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=306006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}