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Marc Márquez will represent Gresini in the 2024 MotoGP season, having a direct contract with the team and not with Ducati. However, the Borgo Panigale manufacturer does not see him as a rival to the factory team.
The CEO, Claudio Domenicali, told Marca newspaper that the Spaniard will be an asset to the other Desmosedici GP riders: ‘Marc will be an ally because we will have the great advantage of seeing how he rides our bike. I think both Pecco [Bagnaia] and Jorge [Martín] or Marco [Bezzecchi] can improve by watching how Marc rides, because we have the philosophy that all data is shared. So he will surely be very strong‘.
The executive is certain that Márquez will be a contender for the top positions: ‘If I see the difference he makes compared to the other Honda riders, I think he will be very strong next year, so he will definitely be a candidate for victory, for the title‘.
That said, Domenicali is aware that #93 will be a “tough nut to crack”: ‘It is certain that Marc will bother everyone, also within Ducati, that’s for sure. Like Jorge. For Pecco or Enea [Bastianini], they will not only have Jorge or Bezzecchi, or [Fabio] Di Giannantonio, who is now very strong. They will also have Marc. It will be harder to beat him, but also more interesting for the fans‘.
And, although he hopes that Márquez can create confusion by being another candidate for the top positions, the Ducati CEO hopes that everything will be clean without collisions: ‘It will be complicated, it will create confusion… what we hope is that they will be sports races without accidents. I don’t like touches very much because it is dangerous. Sometimes Marc is a bit. Jorge was also a bit in the last race. Marc had a very ugly accident. And it was Jorge who touched him in that accident. It was dangerous. In races there is a limit and you have to be aware of the limit. It is important that the race direction keeps the riders calm, that when someone exceeds the limit, they are sanctioned immediately‘.
