Rumors: Horner was not accidentally a guest of Honda in Jerez

      Rumors continue to swirl around Christian Horner: this weekend, at the invitation of Honda, he is attending the Spanish round of MotoGP, and the press has immediately given this fact special significance.

      The broadcast from Jerez captured footage of Horner cheerfully chatting with Koji Watanabe, the president of Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), the racing division of the Japanese conglomerate.

      Currently, the Honda factory team and the customer team Honda LCR are competing in the MotoGP World Championship, but there are whispers that HRC management plans to create a third team, which could be led by none other than Christian Horner.

      The economy of MotoGP has recently been controlled by Liberty Media, and the managerial talents of the former head of Red Bull Racing are well known to the American corporation. Moreover, as he seeks to become not just a leader but a co-owner of a promising team in this new stage of his career, he may have a great opportunity to realize such a plan with a new project in MotoGP.

      Of course, the friendly dialogue with Watanabe was immediately interpreted as the first attempt by the parties to ascertain each other's positions and establish cooperation. On one hand, Honda could be not only a supplier but also a shareholder of the future team; on the other hand, Horner has long-standing close ties with business circles in Asian countries.

      In any case, all of this is just speculation, but it is hard to shake the thought that Horner's visit to Spain as a special guest of Honda had a special purpose.