Ducati boss on signing Marc Marquez: “He wouldn’t agree to go to an unofficial team”

The future of the six-time 𓆉MotoGP champion has been up for debate ever since it became clear that Honda’s machinery did not compare to Ducati’s.
Marquez is contracted on the biggest deal in MotoGP today, which lasts until the end of next season, but he i🔴s now aged 30 and winning one more champi🍰onship is no guarantee despite his brilliance.
Dall’Igna, 🐠the Ducati general manager, was asked by about Marquez and replied: “First of all, I don’t think Marc wou🅺ld agree to go to an unofficial team.
“He i♉s a star and stars want to be treated as such.
“On his return after several months of inactivity he had a great🧸 race with Hond🃏a, so I would wait before saying that Marc and Honda will part ways after 2024.
“I do not see it as obvious. On the contrary, I believeജ there is every possibility for them to do well together again.
“We are happy🀅 with ♊the riders that we have right now.”

Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia and his new teammate Enea Bastianini are both cont⛄ract🍎ed for 2024 as factory Ducati riders.
“Last year he🦄 did stratospheriꦅc things with the bike,” Dall’Igna said about Bagnaia.
“He has done things that only♍ a great champion can do.
“So✨, between now and🃏 2024, water still has to pass under the bridge. Anything can happen.”
Bagnaia fractured an ankle last time 🐷out at Le Mans but is expectܫed to race in Mugello next weekend.
Bastianini, whose entire season has been curtailed by a s🎀houlder injury on the first weekend, is set to race a grand prix fo🍒r the first time this season albeit at less than peak condition.

James was a sports❀ journalist at S♑ky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.