{"id":40042,"date":"2026-08-17T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=40042"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:13:00","slug":"i-hear-the-rumours-too-intact-waits-on-senna-agius-manuel-gonzalez-motogp-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=40042","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI hear the rumours too!\u201d &#8211; Intact waits on Senna Agius, Manuel Gonzalez MotoGP decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intact GP is waiting on Senna Agius and Manuel Gonzalez as MotoGP and WorldSBK opportunities influence its 2027 rider line-up.<\/p>\n<p>Intact GP\u2019s 2027 Moto2 line-up depends heavily on whether Manuel Gonzalez and Senna Agius move to other championships.<\/p>\n<p>The team currently leads the standings with Gonzalez, while third-placed Agius is also in title contention.<\/p>\n<p>Both have been linked with a Tech3 KTM MotoGP seat next season, with Agius now tipped as favourite to join Luca Marini at Guenther Steiner\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>Should Agius miss out on MotoGP, Intact GP team manager J\u00fcrgen Lingg is confident the Australian would remain with the squad for 2027.<\/p>\n<p>However, even if Gonzalez doesn\u2019t secure a MotoGP seat, he could move to WorldSBK.<\/p>\n<p>Lingg told MotoGP pit lane reporter Elliott York at Silverstone: \u201cOf course, I hear the rumours too!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyhow, if Manu or Senna moves, in MotoGP it can be only one [of them].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd let&#039;s say if Senna moves, maybe Manu can go to Superbike. If not, we are very happy to continue with him and do another year with [at least] one of our riders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Senna, it&#039;s very clear: If he cannot go up, he will stay with us.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&quot;With Manu, it&#039;s a different story. But I think he needs a really good Superbike seat. Otherwise, he will continue with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez appears to have lost out to Franco Morbidelli as a replacement for Nicolo Bulega at the factory Ducati WorldSBK team.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatives WorldSBK seats remain, but Gonzalez faces stiff competition from other displaced MotoGP race winners such as Jack Miller, Alex Rins and Brad Binder.<\/p>\n<p>Rivals Dani Holgado (Gresini Ducati) and David Alonso (Honda) are already confirmed as moving from Moto2 to MotoGP next season.<\/p>\n<p>Izan Guevara, currently splitting the Intact riders at the top of the Moto2 standings, is also expected to join the new 850cc\/Pirelli era with Pramac Yamaha.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1102511\/1\/i-hear-rumours-too-intact-waits-senna-agius-manuel-gonzalez-motogp-decisions' target='_blank'>Read the original article on www.crash.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intact GP is waiting on Senna Agius and Manuel Gonzalez as MotoGP and WorldSBK opportunities influence its 2027 rider line-up. Intact GP\u2019s 2027 Moto2 line-up depends heavily on whether Manuel Gonzalez and Senna Agius move to other championships. The team currently leads the standings with Gonzalez, while third-placed Agius is also in title contention. Both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,36,41],"tags":[54,28,34],"class_list":["post-40042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important","category-share-suggestions","category-sports","tag-impact-hmc","tag-signal-buy","tag-stage-stage-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}