Marc Marquez gets permission for Ducati debut at 2023 Valencia MotoGP test

Marc Marquez has been cleared to make his Gresini Ducati debut at next month’s Valencia MotoGP test.
Alex Marquez, Marc Marquez, British MotoGP, 4 August
Alex Marquez, Marc Marquez, British MotoGP, 4 August

Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig told MotoGP.com that: “There will be no objection from🍌 Honda for Marc to ride atღ the Valencia test.”

Although Marquez 𒁏and Honda have agreed to annul the final year of his current contract, allowing a switch to Gresini for 2024, Marquez is c💛ontracted to HRC until the end of this year and therefore needed special permission to ride at the Valencia test, which follows the season finale.

Marquez’s Repsol Honda replacement is yet to be announced but current Gresini ride🐼r Fabio di Giannantonio is now hotly tipped to swap places with the eight-time worl𒅌d champion.

The Valencia test takes place on November 28.

When Valentino Rossi🧜 left Honda at the end of 2003, the Italian&💛nbsp;was famously denied the chance to test for his new Yamaha team until January 2004.

Former rid🥂er Puig took over as Rep🌄sol Honda team manager in 2018.

 

 

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suz💃uki exit story and Marc Marqu⛄ez’s injury issues.

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