(FILE PHOTO) Repsol Honda Team rider Marc Marquez of Spain prepares for the MotoGP class free practice session of the Japanese Grand Prix. Marquez will leave Honda at the end of the 2023 season after both sides agreed to terminate their four-year contract a year early. -AFP/Toshifumi KITAMURA
(FILE PHOTO) Repsol Honda Team rider Marc Marquez of Spain prepares for the MotoGP class free practice session of the Japanese Grand Prix. Marquez will leave Honda at the end of the 2023 season after both sides agreed to terminate their four-year contract a year early. -AFP/Toshifumi KITAMURA

LONDON: Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will leave Honda at the end of the 2023 season after both sides agreed to terminate their four-year contract a year early, the Japanese manufacturer said today.

The separation ends an 11-year association between Marquez and Honda.

"Both parties agreed it was in their best interests to each pursue other avenues in the future to best achieve their respective goals and targets," the Honda Racing Corporation statement said. -REUTERS