Manuel Gonzalez received the opening spherical of 2026 Buriram, bouncing again from final 12 months’s remaining Moto2 title loss.
Nevertheless, his supervisor Eddie Rovelli has made it clear that there isn’t a curiosity in Gonzalez from MotoGP groups at the moment.
Not solely did González lead present premier class rookie Diogo Moreira for a lot of final season, he additionally put in a formidable efficiency on the trackhouse in his shock MotoGP debut on the Aragon take a look at.
“Moto2 appears to be transferring additional and additional away from MotoGP,” mentioned Rovelli. Speedweek.com.
“It looks like lots of people have fully overlooked what is going on on on this class.
“Frankly, it is surprising how little they find out about riders within the intermediate class.
“Anybody who seems carefully on the statistics will understand that there isn’t a rationalization in any respect why (some) riders are nonetheless within the premier class.
“However group bosses favor to stay to established names.”
Gonzalez’s expertise with Italian rubber will even be a bonus, as MotoGP will be a part of Moto2 subsequent 12 months within the 850cc period, utilizing Pirelli tires which might be simply 85cc bigger than the Triumph-powered intermediate class.
“In the mean time it is an ideal alternative to deliver a generational change to MotoGP with a very new bike and the upcoming Pirelli tires,” mentioned Rovelli.
“However like I mentioned, there is no signal of that but.”
As a substitute, Gonzalez may look to WorldSBK in 2027 to increase his profession.
