Gigi Dall’Igna asked: ‘If you went to Honda, would Marc Marquez have stayed?’

Gigi Dall’Igna and Marc Marquez both had major offers to move in 2024 - but only the rider accepted another team’s advances.
Luigi Dall'igna, MotoGP, Indian MotoGP, 23 September
Luigi Dall'igna, MotoGP, Indian MotoGP, 23 September

So, Marquez’s movꦺe to Gresini means he and engineer extraordinaire Dall’ꩵIgna will both be in the dominant Ducati camp next season.

Honda tried to lure Dall’Igna, the main brain behind the Desmosedici project, but failed - then saw their star rider go and join him at Ducꦦati.

asked Dall’Igna: “Is there so much mutualꦫ respect that if you had gone to Honda, Marc would have stayed in HRC?”

He r✤eplied: "We should ask him this, I guess so. But it's a question to ask Marc. Only he can answer."

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Dall’Igna explained his reasons to𒁏 stay: "꧒We have and I have made a lot of effort in recent years. 

“Now that we are reaping the benefits, it seemed bad an൲d s♏tupid to leave. 

“I have a fantastic group, both fღ🍃rom a technical and rider point of view. 

“I want to win again, I 🦹don't like finishing second. it makes me feel physically ill. 

“Ducati is the best place to be right now."

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia and 🐻Pramac’s Jorge Martin ꦗare fighting for the MotoGP title with five rounds remaining, with VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi also in the mix.

Next year the environment will sh𒉰ift with Marquez riding a year-o🅠ld Ducati too.

"It was an operation carried out by the Gresini team, we haveဣ to say well done to them because it was a complicated situation. 

🀅“That an eight-time world champion wants Ducati is something that makes us proud and gives us gre🌌at pleasure."

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