Fabio Quartararo: “I can understand” if Marc Marquez moves to Gresini Ducati
Marquez reportedly agreeing a switch to the Gresini satellite team has dominated talk in the paddoꦆck at the San Marino M🍎otoGP this weekend.
And Quartararo, much like Marquez, is a former MotoGP champion now forced to languish at 𒅌the back on a Japanese manufactured bike.
The Yamaﷺh🍌a rider was asked about the Marquez gossip and said: “I never considered it. But I can understand it.
“I won’t go more into it. It will be fun to see.”
Asked if the move would be finalised, Quartararo said: “I don’t know. I’m not in Marc’s h💖ead. He’s the one to decide.”
Marquez and Quartararo’s current deaꦐls, with Honda and Yamaha respectively, conclude at the end of 2024.
But Marquez could engineer a swifter eꦉxit in order to join Gresini, alongside his brothe👍r.
It would leave Quartararo in a unique position, as a high-profile rider on an underperforming bike, whose contract will be in iℱts final year in 2024.
In Friꦐday practice at Misano, Quartararo finished 13th, a place ahea♏d of his teammate Franco Morbidelli.
“We tried tꩵhe aero twice, a new setting,” he said. “In terms of lap time, I didn’t expect to do better. This is what I exꦡpected.
“It’s a shame we 🤡[we🅺nt over] track limits but, when you’re on the limit, this happens.
“The new aero, for us, was clearly the way to go to ꩵbe fast for practice.”
Quartararo was asked if he’d keepꦗ the new aero on Saturday but replied: “No. It didn’t work. The feeling on the bike is totally different.
“It can be a good option but we need a lot of time to test it. The fairi🅷ng is different, much bigger.
“We already lose a lot with power, and with us, we lose even more. 𝕴;
“🦹We made a step with the new aero but we need much more ti🅷me to know that it’s working. If we are not in Q2 tomorrow, we know the race will be bad for us.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a 𒁏decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to Fಌ1.
