Marc Marquez has been urged by Jorge Lorenzo to ignore the fact that he is riding𒁏 a year-♍old version of the Ducati.

The eigh🐲t-time world champion’s first MotoGP season since quitting Honda is on a GP23, with the Gresini satellite team.

He is adjusting to the bike that Francesco Bagnaia and Jor༒ge Martin used to contest last year’s MotoGP title.

But the factory Duca🐼ti and Pramac riders now benefit from the upgraded GP24 bike.

Sometimes the beneficiaries of the newer bike can take time to become accustomed to it, but Bagnaia and Martin are already the names to b𒐪eat.

Lorenzo i💫nsisted that 🧸Marquez does not have an advantage by riding the GP23, telling : “No. I am sure that, if he had the choice, he would choose [the 2024 bike].

“But he will not be able to change that.

“He has to fo♏rget about that disadvantage on a psychological level and, with what he has, be the best Ducati ꧅rider riding the 2023.

“If so, he will 🅘be able to surprise those who ride the 2024.”

Last 🧜year, the Ducati riders on the year-old machinery made a faster start to the season than the riders on the developed bike.

Lorenzo commented: “It depends on the year.

“There are years in which there is a big ste🐻p between the old bike and the new one, but there are others in wꦕhich the new one is worse.

“It has happened in the past, but I don't think it will be the cꦬase for Dওucati this year.

“Precisely, this 💃season is one in which the new bike is clearly better than the old one a♋nd that is not good for Marc.

“I don't think the difference is ins📖urmountabl𝔉e, but with the 2024 Marquez would go a little faster.

“Unfortunately, for hi🐷m, he has arrived at Ducati in a year in which it seems that the new one is clearly better than the old one.”

Lorenzo added about ♓Marquez's choice to change manufacturers: "I think he has made the best decision at a sporting level, although he had a very important contract ꩲwith Honda. 

"Knowing that he is 3ꦺ0 years old and that with each passing year he gets closer to retirement, it is not pleasant for a winning rider to see himself out of even the top-5 in many races and without the possibility of fighting for the title. 

"He is one 🍰of the best riders in history and the only one I have seen who, practically, is not afraid of falling or getting hurt. 

"He still has excessive ambition. Of course, it has bee🔯n changing.🌼 Now we see a more thoughtful and prudent Marquez. 

"It is likely that, duꦑe to the significant injury he h🎶ad to his arm, we will not see the same Marc again, but he will probably see better in the future. 

"We can see a Marquez who has not lost much speed and with the impetus💧 that has benefited him many times throughout his career; a Marc making fewer mistakes and suffering fewer falls, while being more constant and regular to fight for championships."

Two-tim🥀e MotoGP champion Lorenzo spent two ill-fated years with Ducati after his definin🌌g period with Yamaha.

In 2017 and 2🎃018, the Desmosedici project was only falling short of delivering the championship because Marquez was in his pom🍸p with Honda.

Bagnaia delivered Ducati's first premier class title in 15 years in 2022 and the Italian manufacturer has been on top of the sport ever since, even convincing Marq𒁃uez to end his legendary association with𝔍 Honda this year.