Joan Mir makes Honda exit decision after receiving “no news” on future

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Joan Mir has revealed he will leave Honda at the end of the 2026 MotoGP season after growing frustrated by the manufacturer’s silence over its plans for the 850cc era.

Amid heavy speculation over the Catalan GP weekend linking him with a move to Gresini Ducati in 2027, Mir confirmed that he will be ending a relationship with Honda that began in the midst of the team’s worst slump in 2023.

"On this subject, as you will understand, I cannot say anything," he said. "What I can say is that after Jerez I decided not to continue at Honda, that is true, I am not going to continue there."

The factory HRC squad inked a deal with 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo even before the start of the current season, while rising star David Alonso has long been rumoured to make the jump up from Moto2.

Such a move would leave both current riders, Mir and Luca Marini, without a seat in Honda’s MotoGP programme, with Johann Zarco and Diogo Moreira already locked into long-term deals at its satellite squad LCR.

Honda’s ambitions to expand to six bikes could have handed Mir a reprieve, but Tech3 confirmed on Saturday morning that it will continue its long-standing relationship with KTM into MotoGP’s next rules cycle, closing that door on him.

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