Marco Melandri delved into the question of who will take Francesco Bagnaia’s seat next season in MotoGP. The former Italian rider talked about Marc Márquez and Jorge Martín.
Melandri also involved KTM as a possible alternative for Marc Márquez if the Spanish rider doesn’t get a factory seat, according to motosan.es.
– KTM spends twice as much as the others on developing their bikes. Sooner or later the fruits will have to appear and that’s when there’s more scope. In my opinion, Marquez would have no problem changing bikes again, but we’ll see. If I were Marquez and I had to choose between the KTM factory team and a factory bike on a Ducati satellite team, I wouldn’t think for a second about going to KTM. Although for the show it would be good to have Martin on the Aprilia and Marquez on the KTM, then things would be a bit more balanced. But I have the feeling that Ducati has already made a decision and everyone in Borgo Panigale already knows what’s going to happen
He added about the possibility of Prima Pramac Racing abandoning the Ducati bikes: ‘But do we really think that Pramac would leave this Ducati for this Yamaha? The sponsors, if you do something like this, say “I won’t give you the money”. At the moment it’s Bastianini who is one step behind Martin and Marquez, so Pramac’s Ducati could be for him, but it’s also true that at Aprilia I think Aleix Espargaró’s retirement is already written