Tony Arbolino and Jake Dixon have extended their contracts with Marc VDS and Aspar respectively to stay in Moto2 in 2024, effectively ruling out a move to MotoGP.
Motorsport.com has learned that Marc van der Straten's team, which was negotiating with several candidates who had offered themselves as Arbolino's replacement with a view to 2024, closed the deal last weekend at the Red Bull Ring with the current second-placed rider in Moto2.Arbolino is now in his third season in Moto2. After a very solid start to the season, in which he took two victories and six podiums in the first seven rounds of the calendar.
He will move up to MotoGP next season with KTM, though it is not yet known where he will ride given the Austrian manufacturer's current seat logjam. In recent weeks, Arbolino has been strongly linked with one of the MotoGP bikes still without an owner for next season. In this regard, it is worth noting that the extension of the Marc VDS deal does not completely rule out the possibility that he will race in MotoGP next year, although it does make it more difficult.
With this move, Marc VDS secures one of two things: either one of the main attractions of the Moto2 championship or the payment of his cancellation clause.
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