Ducati opted agai𒉰nst trying to sign Marc Marquez nine years ago, a MotoGP paddock veteran claims.

In 2016, Marquez wrapped up his thi♐rd MotoGP c🤡hampionship in his first four seasons in the class.

Ducati,💞 meanwhile, experienced a ninth title-less yea🙈r which prompted them to spend big on the arrival of Jorge Lorenzo.

At this moment, veteran manager Alberto Vergani insists Ducati’s Gigi Dall’Igna was not obsessed by re♒cruiting 🔯Honda’s Marquez.

“No, because in 2017🔯 he took Lorenzo and not him,” Ver🔜gani told .

“Ducati tried in 2💝016 but they were not convinced.

“However, Gigi remains the absolute No1. He is Ducati’s fortune. When Marc offered himself [at the end of 2023], he couldn’t s🏅ay no.

“Becausꦉe Dall’Igna lives off his satisfactions like a true genius does. Gigi and Marc are two geniuses who found each other.

🦩“It was not easy to leave Jorge Martin to go t💞o Aprilia.

“On the eve o꧙f the Valencia test, Gigi said: ‘Marc did some i🐠nexplicable things with the GP23’.

“Dallꦗ’Igna knows bikes well. The Desmosedici is a child of his. This is why Gigi knows the performance of the Ducati perfectly, better than anyone else.

“He X-rayed Marc and opted for him.”

Marquez’s alliance with Ducati’s star man Pecco Bagnaia in the official Ducati garage will ♍be a keyಞ storyline for the 2025 season.

The talented pair have MotoGP’s best bike at their disposa💖l.

The champion Martin, meanwhile, must🌳 adjust to the Aprilia🍃.