Suppo: Honda and Yamaha will not steal another rider

Suppo: Honda and Yamaha will not steal another rider - Livio Suppo, who served as Team Principal and Director of Communications and Marketing of Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), signaled that it wants to keep both their factory riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa in MotoGP next season.
It was submitted Suppo in an interview with La Pressa.
The entire factory riders and other top riders will be out of contract at the end of this year. However Suppo revealed that Honda is reluctant to replace their manufacturer's line-up for 2017.
"I think there will be many changes to drivers who inhabit manufacturing facilities, also coupled with some surprises Ducati rider, but Kani at Honda still enjoy with Marquez and Pedrosa, it is difficult to find a strong replacement equivalent to them," he explained.
Suppo also predicts that Yamaha will take the same steps, which remain with their current driver for the next few years, both Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo were both still want to stay at Yamaha.
"About a Yamaha, Rossi still want to race with them. While Lorenzo wanted to sign a new contract before the series Qatar.
This means that overall I think both Honda and Yamaha will be fine. As for the Ducati rider and Suzuki may be interested to change the team, "added Suppo.