Senior Honda MotoGP executive exits as HRC restruc...

Honda’s inside restructuring continues in MotoGP, with Analysis and Growth president Hikaru Tsukamoto transferred to a different position.

Motorsport has realized that the engineer will likely be transferred to China in April – when such adjustments historically take impact on the Japanese company calendar.

The information circulated within the MotoGP paddock in Buriram – the place the 2026 season opener is going down this weekend – in the previous few days, with many wishing Tsukamoto properly.

Tsukamoto’s remit lined all the Japanese producer’s two-wheel actions. Honda is but to announce his alternative, however is broadly anticipated to advertise internally.

This choice is the most recent in a collection of current adjustments undertaken by Honda because it seeks to reclaim a number one position on the planet championship.

In that context, Romano Albesiano’s appointment as technical director from Aprilia in 2025 was interpreted as a transparent assertion of intent.

Earlier, again in 2024, Honda Racing Company normal supervisor Tetsuhiro Kuwata was changed by Taichi Honda, who joined from the corporate’s off-road division.

Motorsport understands that Tsukamoto’s exit can have no bearing on Fabio Quartararo’s deliberate arrival for 2026, although the group’s technique because the Frenchman joins is unclear for now.

Incumbents Joan Mir and Luca Marini’s contracts are expiring on the finish of the 2026 season, so Honda might choose to resume one among them alongside Quartararo or search an alternate on the rider market – most probably a high-potential teen from Moto2.

In that regard, Motorsport understands David Alonso is the main candidate, though he has been courted by different producers too. The substantial monetary calls for made by the Colombian’s administration company might show decisive in shaping his future.

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