An🌌 argument could be made that none are bigger than Marquez’ soon🌠-to-be move to Ducati after spending 11 years with the Japanese manufacturer.

A six-time MotoGP with Honda, Marquez's career with the Repsol team at one stagﷺe looked like a relationship that could ⛦not be broken.

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But that’s exactly what has happened due to Hond⛦a’s performance over🌳 the last few seasons, falling from top dogs to arguably the worst bike on the grid.

But what other moves shocked MotoGP?

Valentino Rossi leaves Honda to join Yamaha

A three-time champion in his first thre🧸e seasons with Repsol Honda, Rossi took a huge gamble by leaving for Yamaha, who at the tim♍e had not won a premier class title in 12 years.

It was a huge gamble from the𒊎 It𒁏alian, but one that paid off as he continued his stunning success.

Many thought Rossi made a mistake by leaving Honda, but as he showed in 2004 and 2005, the ‘Doctor’ took Yamaha back to glory before winning another two cꦛhampionships in 2008/09. 

Casey Stoner swaps Ducati for immediate success with Honda

Like Rossi, Ston🌳er made a big call to leave Ducati for Honda in 2011, however, it was a decision tha𒅌t brought immediate success as he won the title that season.

Stoner became Ducat🐷i’s first-ever MotoGP champion in 2007 before finishing runner-up to Rossi in 2008. 

But after two fourth ꧋place finishes, Stoner left the Italian ⛎brand to join Dani Pedrosa at Repsol Honda.

Stoner’s title win was Honda’s first since Nicky Hayden got t✱he better of Rossi during the ✤2006 season. 

Rossi’s switch to Ducati backfires

After sustained success with Yamaha,🍬 Rossi joined Ducati after they lost Stoner to Honda, but the nine-time world champion was u🦋nable to replicate the Australian’s results.

Hoping his bold move would pay off the way 💎it did when he left Honda for Yamaha, Rossi instead failed to win a single race in two years. 

The only manufacturer he didn’t win with in MotoGP, Rossi’s time at Ducati was one to forge𒁏t while Yamaha continued to enjoy success following h🦂is departure. 

Jorge Lorenzo leaves Ducati and struggles

After making a big move from Yamaha to Ducati in 2017, Lorenzo was again on t🐈he move in 2019 as he joined Honda alongside Marquez.

But while it was a big signing for Honda, Lorenzo began finding hiꦆs best form with Ducati just weeks before his switch to Honda was confirmed.

Lorenzo was beginning t🅰o out-perform Andrea Dovizioso but it wasn’t enough to remain with Ducati, as he instead joined Honda before retiring a year later.

Like 𝔉many of Marquez’s teammates, Lorenzo struggled aboard the RC213V as he failed to record a single top tꦅen result, while Marquez won or was on the podium in all-but one race.

Maverick Vinales exits Yamaha before shock move to Aprilia 

The man who replaced Lorenzo at Yamaha in 2017, Vinales appeared to be in a dream situatioꦍn as he was teammate to Rossi before th💜e expected role of team leader was supposed to come his way. 

But that never happened as he struggled to 𝓰get to grips with Fabio Quartararo in 2021, before a shocking mid-season departure took place. 

A🌜ngry at Yamaha for not listening to him, Vinales was sacked after the Styrian Grand Prix when he was caught over-revving the engine in a bid to damage♚ his machine.

But Vinales was soon back on the grid as he completed a surprise move to Aprilia j🧜ust three rounds later.