The opinion of Gigi Dall♋’Igna will be a crucial factor in deciding Marc Marquez’s next move in Ducati’ඣs political environment, Jorge Lorenzo says.

The six-time MotoGP champion is riding a year-old Ducati for the Gresini satellite squad this year but is only tied💯 to a one-year contract.

His name - a💖longside Enea Bastianini and𝓀 Jorge Martin - is surely in the hat to be Francesco Bagnaia’s factory teammate next year.

Lorenzo insists that, even though Marq𝄹uez is a departure from Ducati’s preference to build young talents, Dall’Igna will want to keep him.

“From the outside, it seemed that Ducati was not particularly excited about ꧅Marquez's arrival,” Lorenzo told  before the Portuguese MotoGP where Marquez and Bagnaia collided.

“I think that is not the case with Dall'Igna.

“I would even say that꧑, rather, he is the one who has been most in favour. I speak from outside, I am not inside.

“I don't kno🗹w why it didn't generate that illusion in some parts of Ducati.

“When they see that Marc is doing very well with the Ducati and, above all, is committed to st🐎aying at the factory and not changing again or returning to Honda, they will support him.

“Having M🤡arc Marquez is a guarantee of having a rider who fights for championships.”

It was suggested to two-time MotoGP champion Lorenzo that Ducati’s faith in Marquez could begin this year, by💝 upgrading his year-old bike.

“In the past we have seen riders not only recei﷽ve upgrades, but a completely new bike,” Lorenzo said.

“Riders🔜 🔯who were riding the old motorcycle and have been given the new one. I don't know if that could be the case.

“What is clear is that, at the regulation level, Ducati cannot modify the engines and, in any case, it will have to settle for receiving chass﷽is, electronics and aerodynamics improvements.

“The politics and relationship that Marc has with Ducat𝕴i and with Dall'Igna will be ver😼y important.

“Gigi is happy with the arrival o꧅f Marquez, 🐽he supports his airrval.

“He wants to have the best riders in his ranks and I am sure that, if Marc continues to do as we൩ll as in his debut, Dall'Igna and Ducati will support him this year and will want 🍎him to continue with the brand in the future.”

Lorenzo spent two unsuccessful years with Ducati at the tail-end of his own career yet still emerged as a huge advoca🤡te for Dall’Igna, Duc🌺ati’s engineer extraordinaire.

Although his own stint in rꦺed could not restore glory to Ducati, Lorenzo always maintained faith that the manufacturer would soon return to the top of MotoGP.

Tไhey did so in 2022 via Bagnaia, the rider that Marquez is battling this year and could sit alongside next year.