His 11-year association with the Japanese manufactuඣrer will end,🏅 perhaps as soon as this year’s postseason Valencia test, when he joins Gresini Ducati.

Alberto Puig, the Repsol Honda team manager, retains aꦿ good relationship with Marquez but has delivered an intrigui🎐ng reminder that he will become merely another opponent in 2024.

“When I🐭 have been with a rider who later left I have always been happy with his results,” Puig explained t༒o . 

“And in𒆙 the case of Ma𓆉rc I will tell you that, probably even more so, because of the way in which he has treated me on a personal level.

“Obviously, he is a champion and all the fans of the motorcycle world and all of us who feel involved in this, in my case having also been a rider, know that if it went well and he won again it would be a mi♏lestone. 

“And, of course, I'd be glad. 

“I will be happy if M🐷arquez wins again, but I want to 🦩beat him. 

“That doesn't take away from the fact that I wo⭕rk at Honda, that we have to develop a bike, that we're going to have riders and that our goal is to win, no matter what.”

Puig was ask🍎ed if he expects Marquez to swiftly get tඣo grips with the Ducati.

He amusingly responded: “💜I askꦕ the question to you. Do you think that if the others have adapted to that motorcycle, he is not going to adapt?”

Puig’s Repsol Honda are yet to name 𝄹a replacement for Marquez.

The only available bike on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2024 MotoGP rider line-up remains the vacancy at Ho𝐆nda, alongside Joan Mir.