Marquez will swap Repsol Honda for Gresini Ducati in the most seismic MotoGP sw💧itch in a generation for the 2024 season.

Gresini are an independent team, which several Ducati bigwigs have emphasised, creating an interesting dyn🎀amic between Marquez and the bosses at t𝔉he Italian manufacturer.

“Marc’s arrival is good news for Duca💞ti because they are getting the best rider at zero cost,” three-time MotoGP champion and ex-Ducati rid🎃er Lorenzo told .

“But it’s alsoꦡ a problem because not all the executiꦕves at Ducati wanted Marc.

“Gigi Dall’Igna certainlᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy wanted him, since he’s always aiming fo🍨r the fastest riders.

“However, there are two aspects that worry us.

“The first is losing Marc after on🌠ly one year, because he’d then take all the knowledge that he acquired with him.

“The second is that he can🌺 beat Francesco Bagnaia and Jorg🧸e Martin.

“I ෴think he’s going to win a lot of races next year. I don’t know if he can fight for the title but, if I had to bet, I’d bet on him.”

Marquez has signed a one-year deal so will become a free agent for 2025, alon🐻g with most riders on the MotoGP grid, meaning both riders and teams can search for new opportunities.

The poss💞ibility exists that Marquez could spend one year learning the secrets of the Desmosedici before heading elsewhere.

𝔍Lorenzo had two disappointing seasons at Ducati although he played a role in developing the Desmosedici project, led by Dall’Igna.

Although Lorenzo struggled, his teammate Andrea Do🎐vizioso was runner-up in the championship for three years in a row behi🌠nd Honda’s Marquez.

“I knew Gigi could do it,” Lorenzo said about Ducati’s domination of MotoGPಌ today. 

“He♐’s stubborn and, technolog🀅ically, he’s a step ahead of everyone.

“In fact, he’s always created the best bike among the 125cc,☂ Superbike and MotoGP.

“It’s precisely for that reason that I decided to🥃 leave Yamaha for Ducati, because I knew it would become the best bike.

“They would probably have created it without me, but with me “Dall’Igna accelerated that process in creating a bik𝐆e that was more complete and easier for all riders to ride.

“When I arrꦛived at Ducati, the bike had great power and advanced aerodynamics, but I madꦯe him understand that rideability was also needed.

“Today, the Desmosedici goes a great distance and the riders are 𝔍fast.”