The grandfather of Marc Marquez and Alex Marquez has passꦫed away.

"Thank you so much forꦬ everything you have cared for and taught us grandpa," Marc wrote on social media in tribute. 

"Rest in peace. We love you grandpa."

The official MotoGP account replied: "We're so sorry for y🔯our loss. Sending you all the love."

Their grandfather was often cited asꦕ an inspiration behind the MotoGP riders' career💙s.

He featured in Marc's Amazon P🦂rime documentary a year ago, which documented his heroic battle back from career-threatening injuries.

In🥂 fact, Marc revealed that his worried grandfather asked him to retire as a result of his eye and arm problems.

"My grandfather told me: 'leave it nowﷺ, you have enough to live on, what you've done is do♕ne, leave it'," Marc said in 2022.

“I promised🍬 my grandfather: 'It's the last chance for the arm'.&nꦍbsp;

"I told him that if this o🔥ne does🎐n't... there are no more places [on the arm] left to open.”

ꦐMarc told last year: "My grandfather was one of the supporters of me leaving.

“Because he said he had enough to live on, he is very direct about that, and🌌 I told him: 'Grandpa, I promise you💧 that [this will be] the last operation, let me try, because there is a solution and they are giving it to me. Let me try it.'"

Marc and Alex 💝will team together this seౠason at Gresini Ducati, a fitting tribute to their grandfather whose support they valued so highly.