Marquez will swap Repsol Honda for Gresini Ducati 🍎in the most seismic MotoGP switch in a generation for the 2024 season.

Gresini are an independent team, which several Ducati bigwigs have emphasised, creating an interesting dynamic between Marquez and th♚e bosses at the Italian ma🐼nufacturer.

“Marc’s arrival is good news for Ducati becaus♛e they are getting the best rider at zero c♔ost,” three-time MotoGP champion and ex-Ducati rider Lorenzo told .

“But it’s als♌o a problem because not all the executives at Ducati wanted Marc.

“Gigi Dall’Igna certainly wanted him, since he’s always ai🌌ming for the fastest riders.

“However, there are two aspects that worry us.

“The first is losing Marc after only one year, because he’d then take all the knowledge th꧑at he acquired with him✱.

“The second is that he can beat Fra൩ncesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin.

“I🅰 think he’s going to win a lot of races next year. I don’t know if he can fight for the title but, if I had to bet, I’d bet on him.”

Marquez has signed a one-year deal so will become a free agent for 2025, along with most riders on the MotoGP grid, meaning both ri🍸ders and teams can ⛦search for new opportunities.

The possibility exists that Marquez could spend one year learning the secrets of ﷺthe Desmose♐dici before heading elsewhere.

Lorenzo had two disappointing seasonsℱ at Ducati although he played a role in developing the Desmosed🤡ici project, led by Dall’Igna.

Although Lorenzo strug💞gled, his teammate Andrea Dovizio🔯so was runner-up in the championship for three years in a row behind Honda’s Marquez.

“I knew Gigi could do it,” Lorenzo said about Ducꦆati’s domination of MotoGP today. 

“He🐻’s stubborn and, technologically, he’s a step ahead of e🎐veryone.

“In fact, he’s always created the🎀 best bike a✅mong the 125cc, Superbike and MotoGP.

“It’s precisely for that reason that I decided to leave Yamaha for Ducati, bec🐽ause I knew it wou🦋ld become the best bike.

“They would probably have crඣeated it without me, but with me “Dall’Igna accelerated that process in creating a bike that waꦬs more complete and easier for all riders to ride.

“When I arrived at Ducati, the bike had great power and advanced aerodynamics, but I made him underst🏅and that rideability was also needed.

“Today, the Desmosedicᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚi g♉oes a great distance and the riders are fast.”