Next season he will join Gresini Ducati on a one-year contract, the culmination 🐈of a much-anticipated decision to quit Honda.

But ahead of 2025 most riders’ contracts will expire, most teams will have available machinery, meaning a MotꩲoGP musical chairs could be coming.

Ducati have not thought 𒀰to♕o far ahead, they insist.

“Marc Marquez in Gresini was a choice of the Gresini team, of which we were i൩nformed in the final phase of the negotiations,ও” sporting director Paolo Ciabatti told . 

“Surely an eight-time world champion could also b൩e interesting for the data he can provide us. 

“It's a one-year deal with n𓂃o options of any kind between Marc and the team. 

“So, let's see over the next year what happens.

“For the moment there are n🍸o plans that go beyond giving ✤the support that we always give to our satellite teams for very good riders. 

“Alex Marquez has already done well, Fabio di Giannantonio is doing well and we hope he finds 🌜a place to stay in MotoGP because he deserves it. 

“We'll see about Marc during the season.”

Should Marquez exc🐠el on a year-old Desmosedici, then surely the temptation will arise to put him into Ducati’s factory team.

But other manufacturers will ine🌸vitably circle too.

KTM have a long-standing int♈erest a🍨nd share Red Bull as a mutual sponsor with Marquez.

And the option to return to Honda, should they demonstrate major progres𓃲s during his one-y⛄ear absence, will surely crop up.