Ducati CEO slams Marc Marquez rumours: “He’s not right for us”

The suggestion that six-time MotoGP champion Marquez could lea🦩ve Honda wh๊en his contract expires at the end of 2024 and move to Ducati has been kept alive by Jorge Lorenzo.
Marquez’s former teammate Lorenzo has claimed that Ducati will offer Marquez the opportunity ෴to chase an elusive seventh cha🌸mpionship on a more competitive bike.
But Domenicali told : “These thingsꦕ are nice because they make people talk, like in the sports bar.&𒊎nbsp;
“But I think♒ it's not the right thing for us.
“We have an amazing group of riders that we have raised ours🌠elves. 🌠;
“Francesco Bagnaia is a c☂razy talent, he's underestimated, he still makes some mistakes but he's there.
“If he hadn𓆉't made a mistake we would have already talked about [another] c✨hampionship.
“But there is not only Pecco, we also have ♎Enea Bastianini, Jorge Martin, many young people who we are following.
“Marquez is an extraordinary talent, he doesn't have to prove anything to an🐠yone.
“But Ducati draws its strength from the way we work with our riders.&nbsꦅp;
“Ours is a family spirit, today we are fine like this and we will continue like this. The resul🐎ts are giving us reason.”

Gigi Dall’Igna, Ducati’s general mꦜanager, 🌜previously gave a jovial answer: “I don’t think Marc would agree to go to an unofficial team.”
However, Honda’s inability t𝔍o deliver machinery that could propel Marquez to another champion𝕴ship is the root cause of speculation about his future.
He is now aged 30, and♏ despite his ongoing brillianc𒊎e, time is running out.
His injury record is also mounting. Despite entering 2023 injury-free for the first time in years, he broke his hand on the first weekend of the season and, after an absenc🍸e to recover, has been playing catch-up ever since.
He is 82 points behind championship-leader Bagnaia heading into the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Italian MotoGP this weekend.
Next season will be the last of Marquez’s current contract which is the most lucrative in M🌊otoGP today.
Honda must either fork out another bigꦡ-money deal for a rider who is getting older, and whose injuries are regularly keeping him sidelined.
Or, the unthinkable happens, and Marquez findsജ a new home for 2025.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering every▨thing from American sports, to football, to F1.