MotoGP: The questions left unanswered by Marco Bezzecchi’s decision

Bezzecchi could have jumped ship to Pramac Ducati in place of Johann Zarco, but the three-time winner in 2023 has remained loyal to MotoGP legend Valentino🌄 Rossi.
It’s a move that means Bezzecchi sta🔯ys with one of the best teams on the grid and 🍬has familiarity.
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But whaܫt does it do for the bigger 🐭picture, both in MotoGP and his own hopes beyond 2024?
Longterm plan/factory Ducati hopes
Bezzecchi’s decision not to sign for Pramac is not one that rules him out of꧒ joining the 😼factory Ducati team going forward, but it could make it harder.
ꦕEnea Bastianini went from Gresini Ducati to the factory team, showing that if results are good enough then the Italian manufacturer will make such a move.
But 🐬joining Pramac and being abo🌠ard identical machinery could have given Bezzecchi the chance to test himself more accurately against Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, the two riders he’s battling for the 2023 title with.
There’s no doubt that every rider wants to ride for a factory team, something Bezzecchi has already stated, and therefre doing so with Ducati given the fact they are the brand to beℱat is unlikely to have changed for the 24-year-old.
Can Bezzecchi win the MotoGP title in a satellite team?
Bezzecchi will be looking to do two things that have never been done in the MotoGP era, whic💖h are to win a world title on a satellite bike, while also doing it on a year-old machine.
The Italian, has at times been the rider to beat this season, as Bagnaia has struggled to live with Bezzecchi when 💎he’s been at his absolute best.
The pace is certainly there to do it, not to mention Ducati’s bikes are very evenly matched which gives Bezzecchi a better opportunity than ever befo♑re.

But it’s perhaps not the bike that will make the difference, as Bagnaia is quickly showing himsꩵelf to be the best rider in the premier class.
Winner of eight races already in 2023, that’s as man🌱y wins as ♑Bezzecchi, Martin and Brad Binder combined.
Odds fa🍒vour a factory rider and in this case Bagnaia, but it can’t be ruled ꦐout that Bezzecchi could be the rider to buckle that trend.
Who gets the coveted Pramac ride?
With Bezzecchi choosing to stay put 🅺and Zarco off to LCR Honda, Martin will have a๊ new teammate in 2024.
Expected to be an experienced rider, Franco Morbidelli loo🍌ks like he could be the rider to fill that void.
Yamaha’s woes are continuing again this season but Morbidelli, who has been closer to Fabio Quartararo i🐓n 2023, would be a very solid addition to Ducati’s line-up.
Mooney VR46 to Yamaha
The Japanese 🍷brand want to return to having four bikes on the grid, while Rossi’s love affair with the M1 has continued beyo🌠nd his racing days.
Bezzecchi remaining with the team is unlike𓆏ly to have any impact on whether they stay with Ducati or switch to Yamaha, but what it could do is make the Italian lesꦿs competitive in the future.
Bezzecchi’s decision at the moment could be one that pays off in 2024, bu𓆉t if he commits beyond that due to his loyalty to the team and Yamaha don’t find the necessary improvements, then choosing not to join Pramac could backfire.
R💟ossi’s team is considered the most likely satellite outfit to switch to Ya🧸maha.