MotoGP: The questions left unanswered by Marco Bezzecchi’s decision

Bezzecchi could have jumped ship to Pramac Ducat🥃i in place of Johann Zarco, but the three-time winner in 2023 has remained loyal to MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi.
It’s a move that means ℱBezzecchi stays with one of the best teams on the grid and has familiaꦯrity.
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But what do♑es it do for the bigger picture, both in MotoG♊P and his own hopes beyond 2024?
Longterm plan/factory Ducati hopes
Bezzecchi’s decision not to sign for Pramac is not one ✃that ru💧les him out of joining the factory Ducati team going forward, but it could make it harder.
Enea Bastianini went from Gresini Ducati to the factory t🔯eam, showing that if results are good enough then the Italian manufacturer will make such a move.
But joining Pramac and being aboard identౠical machinery could have given Bezzecchi the chance to test himself more accurately against Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, the two riders he’s battling for the 2023 title with.
There’s no doubt that every rider wants to ride for🐟 a factory team, something Bezzecchi has already stated, and therefre doing so with Ducati given the fact they are the brand to beat is unlikely to have changed for the 24-yea▨r-old.
Can Bezzecchi win the MotoGP title in a satellite team?
Bezzecch🍸i will be looking to do two things that have never been done in the MotoGP era, which are to win a world t🎉itle on a satellite bike, while also doing it on a year-old machine.
The Italian, has at times🔴 been the rider to beat this season, as Bagnaia has struggled to live with Bezzecchi when he’s been at his absolute best.
The pace is certainly there to do it, not🎃 to mention Ducati’s bikes are very evenly matched which gives Bezzecchi a better opportunity than ever before.

But it’s perhaps not the bike that will mak♏e the difference, as Bagnaia is quickly showing himself to be the best rider in the premier class.
Winner of eight races already in 🉐2023, that’s as many wins as Bezzecchi, Martin and Brad Binder combine🍸d.
Odds favour a factory rider an💟d in this case Bagnaia, but it can’t be ruled out that Bezzecchi could be the rider to buckle that trend.
Who gets the coveted Pramac ride?
ꩲWith Bezzecchi choosing 🤡to stay put and Zarco off to LCR Honda, Martin will have a new teammate in 2024.
Expected to b♑e an experienced rider, Franco Morb🍸idelli looks like he could be the rider to fill that void.
Yamaha’s woes are co𝄹ntinuing again this season but Morbidelli, who has been closer to Fabio Quartararo in 2023, would be a very solid addition to Ducati’s line-up.
Mooney VR46 to Yamaha
The Japanese brand want to return to having four bikes on the grid, while Rossi’s love affair 🔜with the M1 has continued beyond his racing days.
Bezzecchi remaining w༒ith the team is unlikely to have any impact on whether they stay with Ducati or switch to Yamaha, but what it couওld do is make the Italian less competitive in the future.
Bezzecchi’s decision at the moment could be one that pays off in 2024, but if he commits beyond that due to his loyalty to the team and Yamaha don’t find the necessary improveme𝕴nts, the𒁏n choosing not to join Pramac could backfire.
Rossi’s team is considered the most likely sa🎃tellite outfit to switch to Yamaha.