The five-time MotoGP race winner has since undergone two operations on his damaged tibia and fibula, and won’t return to racing till the Austrian GP in mid-August on the earliest.
Lecuona, who beforehand rode for the Tech3 KTM squad in 2020 and 2021 earlier than shifting to WSBK with Honda, has been known as up on two events by the Japanese producer this yr to fill in for its injured riders.
The younger Spaniard changed Marc Marquez on the Spanish GP, ending sixteenth within the grand prix, and returned to the manufacturing facility Honda squad on the Dutch GP to fill in for the injured Joan Mir, the place he crashed out.
He’ll make a 3rd Honda MotoGP look in 2023 at Silverstone on 4-6 August with LCR, with Mir and Marquez anticipated to return to the manufacturing facility squad after a primary half of the season stricken by harm.
The British GP coincides with the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, through which Lecuona was resulting from contest alongside WSBK team-mate Xavi Vierge and Takumi Takahashi.
Lecuona’s presence at Suzuka was resulting from Tetsuta Nagashima struggling an harm earlier this season however is now set to be match sufficient to contest the occasion.
Iker Lecuona, Repsol Honda Workforce
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Autosport understands that Lecuona’s third MotoGP look of the season is a part of Honda’s plans to proceed evaluating the 23-year-old for a possible future trip.
With rumours linking Rins to a possible Yamaha change in 2024, Lecuona might be in prime competition to take his LCR trip having reportedly made an excellent impression on HRC’s engineering workers in the course of the Assen weekend.
Lecuona’s present contract with Honda in WSBK involves an finish on the conclusion of the 2023 season, however has already been knowledgeable that he will likely be renewed for an extra two years – although the place he rides in 2024 has not been made clear but.
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