Marc Márquez is currently one of the riders at Gresini in MotoGP, but his contract expires at the end of 2024. And, if he can consistently fight for the top positions as it seems to be the case at the beginning of this season, it is unlikely that he will accept to continue in a satellite team. And if KTM – or rather, MV Agusta – is his next step?
Recently, the Pierer Mobility Group acquired the majority position of 50.1 percent in MV Agusta – which it already partially owned. Absent from the World Championships since 1976, the Italian manufacturer remains legendary, but has been facing financial difficulties for several years.
How could the return to MotoGP be consummated? By one of two ways. One would be the simplest and quickest – KTM having a second satellite team (it is believed to be in talks with VR46 in that sense) using the KTM RC16 despite having a different identity, like the Red Bull GasGas Tech3. Another would be to wait for 2027 and the new regulations having a separate project – a possibility that Stefan Pierer left open at the end of last year.
With Márquez being a rider on the market, KTM – or rather, the Pierer Mobility Group – may try to secure his services in 2025, projecting a possible future together with MV Agusta. And this possibility was already speculated by Ricard Jové on DAZN in 2023: ‘Do you know what KTM’s dream is? Do you know what marketing exercise KTM really wants to do in the future? Have Marc Márquez on an MV Agusta‘.
Por ahora, eso no es posible, ya que MV Agusta no está presente. De las posibilidades descritas anteriormente, podría haber una combinación de ambas. Comenzar como equipo satélite en 2025, con o sin Márquez – los contratos suelen ser de dos años, por lo que podría firmar con otro fabricante o equipo… y estar disponible para unirse en 2027 a un eventual proyecto propio de MV Agusta con una moto homologada separadamente de la KTM RC16.
