• Will Marquez’s key engineers come with him?
• How long is the contract that Marquez will sign?
• Whose idea and decision was this deal?

Six-time Mot♒oGP champion Marquez has conf♐irmed that he will leave Honda at the end of 2023, bringing together an 11-year association during which he won all of his premier class titles.

It is expected that Marquez will sign for Gresini Ducati next year, riding a y🔯ear-old Desmosedici and teaming with his brother Alex Marquez.

“The ope𝐆ration is all thanks to the people of Gresini, they are the ones who took it, not Ducati,” Dall’Igna told .

The Ducati Corse general manager was asked how long the negotiations with Marquez have 🌠been going on for.

“Not for long,” he answered. “But I want to reiterate one 𝕴thing. It's not my ide🌳a. 

𒅌“It was the team [Gresini] that decided to ไmake a deal with a rider. 

“It's clear that I'm happy to see 💫riders on my bikes who are going fast.”

Marquez must bre𓄧ak the final year of his Honda contract to link up with Gres🙈ini next year.

Dall’Igna was asked if Marꩲquez will sign a one-year contract, and replied: “I believe yes. But it’s a contract he has ♊with Gresini.”

That creates the fascinating proposition of Marquez, after one year on a Desmosedici, becoming a free agent𝓰 and having his choice of which team he wants to jo🌌in in 2025.

It is also unconfirmed if Marquez’s key allies - such as long-time crew ch🐟ief Santi Hernandez - will follow him to Gresini.

“I believe he will come alone,” Dall’Igna said.

So not only will Marquez be swapping his comfort zone of Honda, and a factory set-up, for an unfamiliar satellite team, he must do it without the g✱uidingꦓ light of his career, Hernandez.

It is entirely possible, but unconfirmed, that Ducati do not want Marquez’s inner-circle learning the secrets of the Desmosedici then taking that knowledge to another manufactu🎀rer after one year.

Dall’Igna spoke about managing h♐is eight-rider MotoGP team w𒐪hen the grid’s biggest star arrives: “This is a worry. One of the challenges to be faced. 

“We will have to be good at managing strong riders, with strong charaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcters. 

“B🅷eyond Marc, there is already an important concentration of champions. Perhaps one arrives that is more cumbersome, but it's a job we know how to do.”