[visordown.com] - Repsol Hondas Livio Suppo talks Marquez contract

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AFTER winning the first two rounds of the 2014 MotoGP season, rumours regarding Marc Marquez's future at Honda have begun despite Livio Suppo explaining it is too soon for negotiations.

Marquez left the Moto2 Championship in 2012 as Champion before moving up to the premier class in 2013 where he smashed several records and became the youngest ever MotoGP World Champion all in his rookie year.

The 21-year-old was offered and signed a two-year contract starting at the beginning of 2013 and therefore it ends at the end of the 2014 season as does his team-mate Dani Pedrosa’s contract.

The Spaniard has already won the maximum of 50-points in the 2014 MotoGP season after winning at both Qatar and Austin, Texas which has since led to media speculation regarding his contract.

Repsol Honda Team Principal Livio Suppo denied any contract negotiations at this point in the season: “Marc likes Honda and we like him, but it’s really early to speak about a contract. My feeling is that it will be natural sooner or later, but at the moment nothing is done.

“If you think there are really negotiations going on already, well there are not. Our priority is to keep him on board and his priority is to stay with Honda, so that’s the situation.”

Suppo continued: “It’s only the second race of the year so it’s really early to speak about negotiations. Of course with Marc he is young, he is a Honda rider and we would like to keep him for the future but real negotiations have not started.”




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