Jorge Lorenzo says Marc Marquez “must choose between titles or money” and hints Honda cannot battle Ducati
Marquez is contracted to Repsol Honda for t🍒wo more seasons - he turns 30 before the new season begins, is recovering from his most serious surgery 𓆉yet and must battle his own bike as well as younger, hungry rivals.
"Marc waꦦnts to continue winning the world champi𓄧onships and now with Honda he cannot,” three-time champion Lorenzo told DAZN.
“There will come a time when he will have to choose betwee🤪n winning the title or making money, although I don't think Honda will continue to offer him the same con𝓰tract."
Lorenzo's comments are a hint 🀅that🌠 another team might offer Marquez a bike that is more competitive, but a contract which is not as lucrative as Honda's.
Marquez is widely considered the highest-🌞paid rider on the grid b♍ut his age and the increasing physical toll of his terrible injuries mean his days at the top are numbered.
A bright conclusion to 2022 - a pole positi🌸on and a podium finish when it was assumed he wasn’t fully fit🤪 - plus his enduring brilliance means that he remains a threat to add to his six premier class championships, even on sub-par machinery, but he can't go on forever.
His brother 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez h🐷as exited Honda for Gresini Racing, a move made more interesting because if it greases the wheels for Marc to join Ducati.
Lorenzo said Ducati will dominate the next few years 🗹of MotoGP: "Red, especially with Gigi Dall'Igna."
Alex Criville said to DAZN that the upcoming Marquez documentary makes💧 hi♐s opinion clear: "Marc sent a message to Honda saying: 'Either with you or without you'".
In the past year, Marquez and his brother split from long-time manager Emilio Alzamora, who had worked with Mar🤡c since he was 12-years-old and overseen his prime years.
While Marc satཧ out six races to undergo a career-threatening operation, and admitted h♕is doubts that he could ever return, the Honda team were enduring a nightmare year without their star man.
Marc has launched a defence of Alberto Puig, Honda’s team boss, but it is clearꦉ that a lot has changed for the six-time MotoGP champion in the past 1🉐2 months.
Even more could change in the upcoming year…
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to🐎 F1.
