The eight-time world champion made up his mind to quit Honda and seek t🌸he best possible bike between t🌠he Sachsenring and Assen rounds, report, the most disastrous period of an awful year.

A planned contract extension for Joha🔯nn Zarco at Pramac was 𓆉postponed by Ducati in August, to keep a potential spot free for Marquez, the report states.

But there are two clear r✃easons why Marquez to Pramac was not viable.

The first: Prima, the Italy-based sponsor of 💖Pramac, wanted an Italian rider.&♒nbsp;

Eventually, Franco Morbidelli claimed the seat to meet that criterℱia.

The second: Ducati did not want to rock the boat with their talented crop of young riders - ꧟Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, Enea Bastianini and Marco B🌳ezzecchi - by handing over a latest-spec Desmosedici to Marquez.

By opening the door to Gresini, who will run a year-൩old spec bike, Ducati can politically insist that the independent team made the call to rec♌ruit Marquez.

Ducati also pla🍰n to keep Mar🦩quez “long-term”, the report states.

He has signed a one-year deal to join his brother Alex Marquez next year at Gresiniﷺ.