{"id":672558,"date":"2026-05-15T12:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672558\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:39:09","slug":"joan-mir-leaving-honda-linked-with-surprise-gresini-seat-for-motogp-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672558\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Mir \u201cleaving Honda\u201d, linked with surprise Gresini seat for MotoGP 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former MotoGP champion Joan Mir \u201cwill not be a Honda rider in 2027\u201d and is being linked with a surprise move to Gresini Ducati.<\/p>\n<p>With HRC rumoured to be running an all-new factory line-up of Fabio Quartararo and David Alonso next season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911973\/joan-mir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joan Mir <\/a>was tipped to re-join Davide Brivio &#8211; his Suzuki team boss &#8211; at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/trackhouse-motogp-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trackhouse<\/a> Aprilia.<\/p>\n<p>However, while Brivio is all but confirmed as leaving Trackhouse, potentially for a senior role at HRC, The-Race.com reports that Mir will be heading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/gresini-racing-motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gresini<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Such a move could reunite Mir with his 2020 Suzuki title-winning crew chief Frankie Carchedi, who has gone on to win races with Fabio di Giannantonio, Marc Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer at Gresini.<\/p>\n<p>Aldeguer is set to switch across to VR46, Ducati\u2019s official satellite team, for the new 850cc era.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1310800_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Joan Mir, 2026 French MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Joan Mir, 2026 French MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cJoan will not be a Honda rider in 2027\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mir\u2019s manager, Paco Sanchez, told Crash.net on Friday: \u201cGiven the lack of news from HRC regarding his future, Joan decided in Jerez to leave Honda at the end of the year and asked me to look for a good project for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are making good progress, but we haven\u2019t finalised any deal yet. We hope to do so as soon as possible, but for now, I can\u2019t confirm anything else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing that is certain is that Joan will not be a Honda rider in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mir joined the factory<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/repsol-honda-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Honda<\/a> team after Suzuki\u2019s 2022 MotoGP exit, riding alongside Marc Marquez and then Luca Marini.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>After two miserable seasons, the 28-year-old claimed his first Honda podiums &#8211; and the factory&#8217;s team first of the post-Marquez era &#8211; at Motegi and Sepang last year.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1279082_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Joan Mir, podium, 2025 Malaysian MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Joan Mir, podium, 2025 Malaysian MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>Mir has endured another incident-packed start to 2026, but also underlined his raw speed with performances such as fifth on the grid at COTA.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard then crashed on the last lap of the Sprint while trying to catch Pedro Acosta for the final rostrum place. Acosta later received a post-race tyre pressure penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Mir then secured sixth in last weekend\u2019s Le Mans Sprint before crashing from the same position in the grand prix, which would have been Honda\u2019s best GP result of the season so far.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Gresini is expected to lose both its current riders, with Alex Marquez due to join the factory KTM team.<\/p>\n<p>Moto2 star Dani Holgado is expected to take over one of the Desmosedici seats, with former Gresini rider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/973238\/enea-bastianini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enea Bastianini <\/a>previously in talks for the other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Bastianini has emerged as the next-best KTM behind Pedro Acosta, increasing his chances of remaining at Tech3, which must also decide between KTM and Honda machinery.<\/p>\n<p>Who will win the 2026 Catalan MotoGP race?Pedro Acosta<\/p>\n<p>2% (2 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Marco Bezzecchi<\/p>\n<p>24% (20 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Pecco Bagnaia<\/p>\n<p>5% (4 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Fabio di Giannantonio<\/p>\n<p>0% (0 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin<\/p>\n<p>42% (35 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Alex Marquez<\/p>\n<p>23% (19 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Ai Ogura<\/p>\n<p>4% (3 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Other (tell us in the comments section)<\/p>\n<p>1% (1 vote)<\/p>\n<p> Total votes: 84<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former MotoGP champion Joan Mir \u201cwill not be a Honda rider in 2027\u201d and is being linked with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,245659,9398,5745,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-672558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-honda-hrc-motogp","tag-joan-mir","tag-motogp","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672558","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=672558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}