Stefan Bradl Was Disappointing, Repsol Honda Has No Plans To Bring Back Iker Lecuona To MotoGP

Honda Superbike racer Iker Lecuona. (Photo: Superbike official website)

JAKARTA - Repsol Honda boss, Alberto Puig, said that pulling back Iker Lecuona to MotoGP was not their current plan. Although at the moment Stefan Bradl is disappointing.

Bradl appeared far from satisfactory as a substitute for Marc Marquez in MotoGP Barcelona and Germany. At the Catalunya Circuit, Bradl fell. While in the race at the Sachsenring Circuit, the German rider finished 16th.

Seeing this unsatisfactory result, there is a discourse that Repsol Honda will replace Bradl. The candidate is Honda rider who is now appearing in the Superbike World Championship, Iker Lecuona.

Apart from his flashy performance in Superbike, Lecuona is considered the right candidate because he has experience in MotoGP. As is known, he has almost two seasons defending KTM Tech3.

However, this issue was immediately suppressed by Puig.

"No. Lecuona has been recruited by Honda for another championship. Iker raced in Superbike and didn't do anything bad there, he is in fifth place in the championship," said Puig, as quoted by Speedweek.

"Of course, if Stefan falls and gets injured, we don't have a second rider. Then I don't know what we should do. However, it's not our plan to bring Iker to MotoGP now. We don't think about that," he continued.

Stefan Bradl himself was lined up to replace Marc Marquez until the end of the 2022 MotoGP. As is known, Marquez had to be absent for a long time because he was recovering after the fourth operation on his right humerus in the United States, after the Italian MotoGP race.