The opinion of Gigi Dall’Igna will be a crucial factor in deciding Marc Marquez’s next꧒ move in Ducati’s political environment, Jorge Lorenzo says.

The six-time MotoGP ch💃ampion is riding a year-old Ducati for the Gresini satellite squad this year but is only tied to a one-year contract.

His name💜 - alongside Eꦑnea Bastianini and Jorge Martin - is surely in the hat to be Francesco Bagnaia’s factory teammate next year.

Lorenzo insists thಌat, even though Marquez is a departure from Ducati’s preference to build young talents, Dall’Igna will want to keep him.

“From the outside, it seemed that Ducati was not particularly excited a🉐bout💃 Marquez's arrival,” Lorenzo told  before the Portuguese MotoGP where Marquez and Bagnaia collided.

“I think that is not the case with Dall'Igna.

“I would even say 🌳that, rather, he is the one who hasꦿ been most in favour. I speak from outside, I am not inside.

“I don't kn﷽ow why it♉ didn't generate that illusion in some parts of Ducati.

“When they see that Marc is doing very well with the Ducati and, above all, is committed to staying at the factory and not changing again or returning to Honda🔜, they will 🍌support him.

“Having Marc Marquez🧸 is a guarantee of having a rider who fights for chꦗampionships.”

It was suggested to two-time MotoGP champion Lorenzo that Ducati’s faiꦑth in Marquez could begin this year, by upgrading his year-old bike.

“In t🅠he past we have seen riders not only receive upgrades, but a completely new bike,” Lorenz🔯o said.

“Riders who were riding the old motorcycle and have been 💝given the new one. I don't know if that could be the case.

“What is clear is that, at the regulation level, Ducati cannot modify the engines and, in any case, it will have to settle for 🦄receiving chassis, electronics and aerodynamics improvements.

“The politics and relationship that Marc has with Ducati and with Dall'Igna will be ve💙ry important.

“Gigi is ha𓆏ppy with the arrival of Marquez, he supports♑ his airrval.

“He wants to have the best r꧙iders in his ranks and I am sure that, if Marc continues to do as well as in his debut, Dall'Igna and Ducati will support him this year and will want him to continue with the brand in the future.”

Lorenzo spent two uns💞uccessful years with Ducati at the tail-end of his own career yet still emerged as a huge advocate f🍷or Dall’Igna, Ducati’s engineer extraordinaire.

Although his own stint in red could not restore glory to Ducati, Lorenzo always maintained faith that the manufact🥀urer🍬 would soon return to the top of MotoGP.

They did so in 2022 via Bagnai𝄹a, the rider that Marquez is battling this year and could sit ♚alongside next year.