Not ready to retire Lorenzo, Honda refused to talk to Zarco

Alberto Puig, head of the Repsol Honda team, admitted that his team was not ready to face the possibility that Jorge Lorenzo would retire at the end of the season, according to rumors circulating during the MotoGP weeks. The Netherlands and Germany in June, shortly after the accident and serious injuries. your back

When the rumors were widely discussed, director of Puig and Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), Tetsuhiro Kuwata, flatly denied, and said that Lorenzo had never talked about the possibility of retiring at the end of the year. season.

For DAZN before Misano MotoGP this weekend, Puig also admitted that Honda did not prepare at all if the rumors became real. He even said that Honda did not know who its riders were when Lorenzo left them.

"Honda is not preparing for the possibility of Jorge leaving, because we also don't have a replacement, we haven't thought about it, but if the situation is so, we will obviously react." We won't have a good choice, but we will definitely look for other possibilities, "Puig said reported by Motosan.

So what about Johann Zarco? Before deciding to link Lorenzo last year, it was no secret that Honda was interested in attracting the French driver. In fact, Zarco is actually hesitant to choose to join KTM, which paradoxically will leave at the beginning of the season.

"When all this happened, Johann came to apologize to us, I think he fired his manager because the manager didn't provide any information to him, you could say he was a man. There's no need to think about Johann because our runner is Jorge and we all want to look our best maybe, "Puig said.

Former personal manager Dani Pedrosa also denied that Zarco was a good runner, but denied that his team and Zarco had negotiated. Puig stressed that his party would remain focused on finding solutions to Lorenzo's problems.

"We know that if we want the best, then you must have the right driver, but Johann hasn't talked to us since, I know that Yamaha wants to make it a trial, but he doesn't talk too, we will also stay focused on Jorge, "concluded the former GP500 racer.

Lorenzo will not only retire, but will also start negotiations with Ducati Corse about the possibility of returning through Pramac Racing. Nevertheless, Lorenzo insisted that he would remain at Repsol Honda next season, in accordance with his contract.

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