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<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will host this coming Tuesday and Wednesday two days of private MotoGP testing, with the presence of the test teams of Aprilia, KTM, Yamaha, Honda and Ducati.<\/p>\n
For this test, all manufacturers have Michelin and\u00a0Pirelli tyres at their disposal, in order to continue developing the current 1000cc model and, if that is the case, continue advancing the 2027 prototype, with an 850cc engine and which will use tyres from the Italian manufacturer.<\/p>\n
The weather forecast for these two days in\u00a0Misano is sunshine and maximum temperatures close to 30 degrees ambient temperature, ideal conditions to work with the MotoGP bikes, especially after the last official test, held last Monday in Barcelona, was drastically cut short by the rain that fell over Montmel\u00f3.<\/p>\n
Precisely the presence of\u00a0Pirelli, which will not become the sole tyre supplier of MotoGP until the end of the year, when the current agreement with Michelin concludes, prevents the teams from being able to provide detailed information about their programmes. However, as Motorsport.com has learned, it was Ducati that rented the Misano track, inviting the rest of the manufacturers who, as usual, will pay the proportional part of the use of the circuit.<\/p>\n
The riders who are going to be in\u00a0Misano these two days are Michele Pirro (Ducati), Dani Pedrosa (KTM), Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia), Augusto Fern\u00e1ndez and Andrea Dovizioso (Yamaha) and the Japanese Takkaki Nakagami, who will continue with the development of the two Honda bikes, the 2026 and the 2027, due to the injury of Aleix Espargar\u00f3. The one who could also be in Misano is Pol Espargar\u00f3, KTM test rider, if the recovery of his injured left arm has been completed.<\/p>\n
Ducati will focus on the development of this year\u2019s Desmosedici GP26, with Pirro at the handlebars. The rest of the teams, if conditions are good and the work with the 1000cc bike is completed, could dedicate part of the two test days to working on the 2027\u00a0prototype, or at least on its\u00a0tyres.<\/p>\n
Nakagami could be in Mugello
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Takaaki Nakagami, Honda HRC<\/p>\n
Photo by: Gold and Goose Photography \/ LAT Images \/ via Getty Images<\/p>\n
One of the options is that, after the test, the Japanese rider\u00a0Takaaki Nakagami travels to Mugello, barely 220 kilometres away, to take part in the Italian MotoGP GP.<\/p>\n
HRC\u2019s test and development team does not plan to make a wild card appearance in Italy, so the only reason that could take Nakagami to Mugello is to replace the injured Johann Zarco in his former team, LCR-Honda.<\/p>\n
The Monegasque squad directed by Lucio\u00a0Cecchinello issued a statement this Monday taking some time before making its intentions known: \u201cWhile Johann Zarco awaits surgery, the Castrol Honda LCR team continues searching for his replacement for the upcoming races. We will soon share more information, once everything is finalised and secured,\u201d the note states.<\/p>\n
FIM regulations oblige any team to field a substitute rider for an injured one if, between the day of the injury and the following race, 10 or more days pass, as is the case.<\/p>\n
However, neither\u00a0Gresini Racing, which has Alex M\u00e1rquez injured, nor LCR, have expressed themselves in that regard, beyond the aforementioned note from Cecchinello\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
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In the provisional entry list, next to Alex, it says that he \u201cwill not be replaced\u201d, while next to the Frenchman, it reads \u2018TCB\u2019, which means \u201cto be confirmed\u201d.<\/p>\n
The coincidence, this coming weekend, of the Italian GP with the SBK event at Motorland Arag\u00f3n prevents the MotoGP structures from being able to look for a replacement in the production bike championship.<\/p>\n
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