WorldSBK rookie Xavi Vierge believes riding for Honda is a dream for every rider aft🐽er the Spaniard left Moto2 to join Team HRC. 

Vierge, who will be alongside another former grand prix ride🤪r in Iker Lecuona this season, completed ൲his second consecutive Jerez test last week. 

Both riders elected to rid♔e on just the first day of the scheduled two-day test as Vierge finished second to Kawasaki’s Alex Lowes, while Lec🌳uona was P3. 

Before joining Team HRC last October, Vierge had spen🌄t seven consecutive seasons in Moto2, and although touted for a MotoGP move midway through the 2021 campaign with the formerly known Petronas Yamaha outfit, the decision to join Honda was a very easy one for the Spaniard once it became apparent that no such move to MotoGP would happen. 

Talks between Vierge and the Razlan Razali-led Yamaha team came to an abrupt end when the team lost its main sponsor Petronas, but when similar negotiations came his way regarding a switch 🅘to Superbikes with Team HRC, ‘there was not so much’ according to Vierge who wanted the deal done as soon as possible. 

Vierge told WorldSBK: "The negotiations really… there was not so much! When my manager called me and said ‘hey, we have this on the table’, I was pract൲iꦦcally like ‘yes, yes!’. 

"The Hond🦋a factory team is a dream for me, so when we had this on the table, we st🃏arted to speak. 

"They started to explain to me the team, the members inside of the team and it’s a great team! I of course wanted to join them.🌺 It’s really, really special. 

"Honda is Hond🌊a and I think it’s a dream for every rider. At least for me, it is. I am living my dream every time I go out on track and I see the colours and everything, it’s really sp🐭ecial."