Overview
- Horner visited the MotoGP round at Jerez and told TNT Sports he is learning the series and is “liking what I see.”
- He spent time in Honda’s factory garage speaking with HRC chief Koji Watanabe and was also seen chatting with senior figures at Ducati.
- He said MotoGP organizers and Liberty Media invited him to attend, marking his first visit to a MotoGP race since Estoril in 2005.
- A reported route back to Formula 1 through a 24% Alpine stake remains possible, with Mercedes and Toto Wolff also examining that holding and Wolff saying Horner “has broken quite a lot of glass.”
- No deal has been announced, and observers point to Liberty’s ownership of MotoGP and recent examples like Guenther Steiner’s Tech3 purchase as signs that buying into a team can be more accessible than in F1.