Marc has followed his younger🌠 brother to Gresini Ducati, where he will begin a new adventure in 2024.

But the Honda-to-Ducati switch was initially made by Alex whose fortunes 🔯have been reinvigorated, and who might have been spilling secrets to Ma♎rc for the past few months.

"ꦅThe fact that Honda let Alex escape has helped a lot in Marc's decision to leave Honda this year,ꦯ” Lorenzo told . 

“If he hadn't had the reference at home from Alex who could tell him hꦍow the Ducat🍌i is going...

"Surely he told him that it's amazing. 

“‘This goes well in all the circuits and conditions, it goes well up front, it tu👍rns, it pulls, you have confidence🔜 in front…’ 

“If Honda had retained♕ Alex Marquez, surely Marc would have had a harder time making the decision. I have no doubt.”

Lorenzo spent the final year of a MotoGP career which yielded three championships alongside Marc a☂s his Repsol Honda teammate.

He also spent two drab years on a Ducati before th⛄e Desmosedici’s dominance began. It was a prime Marquez who delaye🍸d Ducati’s takeover and next year he will profit from their development.

Lorenzo backed Marc to be fast immediately: "Without a doubt. F🎶rom day one. 

“I don't know if he will be first, second or third, but he wiꦿll go 🐼fast from day one. I have no doubt."

Lorenzo: Marquez wary of his 2025 value as a free agent

Lorenzo said about Hon𒉰da: "First of all, they have allowed it. Hond🔥a, in that sense, has been quite permissive. 

"I don't know the agreement they have reached. I don't know if there has been money involved in resolving the agreement or not.꧒ I think no♕t.

"They have allowed him to do this. Honda has been very good to Marc to allow him som෴ething that theꦅy could have said no to.

"Marc has been able to do it and has decided for him. He has prioritised results, haౠppiness and competitiveness over thn money, comfort, loyalty to Honda."

Marquez will pen a one-year ♚deal then will become a free agent ahead of the 2025 season, when most of the riders’ contracts expire, meaning every manufacturer will have free bikes to offer around.

Lorenzo insists Marquez has one eye on 2025: “He has looked for it and prefers to take a position of much more power, start winning races again and have much more power to decide where to go in 2025, than to 💦hav🦹e another bad year at Honda without results, without victories. 

“Your value, despite being Marc Mar🦩quez, goes down.

"You know how this sport goes. You are worth your last race, your last yeﷺar. 

“And, if your last year has been bad, your value as a rider declines a lot. Marc 🐟wan☂ted to avoid that."