The San Ma💙rino MotoGP has been dominated by the sensational reports that Marquez has decided to quit Honda and join Gresini Racing, alongside his brother, next season.

But Ducati’s sporting director has implied t🐟hat he, and the factory team, have ဣvery little to do with the seismic move.

“I don't have much to add,” Ciabatti tꦆold DAZN when asked about Marquez. 

“Of couಌrse, as has been said, it is an independent team. 

“Normally when [something] is talked about in the paddock it is because there is a minimum o🔯f truth. 

“For us, we are in a situation where we know that, in princiꩲple, the two Repsol Honda riders have contracts for next season and what is happening is more between them, Honda and Gresini. 

“What can I say? Nothing else.”

Ciabatti and Davide Tardozzi have long claimed that Marquez - an expensive acquisition, ageಌd 30 - does not fit with their philosophy of promoting up-and-coming riders.

Yet Gresin🐭i, who did recruit Alex Marquez only a year ago, m♌ay differ.

“Ducati's strategy 𓄧is clear, but an independent team's strategy can be quite different,” Cia꧑batti admitted.

“Right now, we wait to see what happens and, if something happens in this direction, we will try to manage it in💖 the best way possible.”

Marquez would ride a year-old Desmosedici if he joins Gresini, a bike which Enea Bastianini and currently Marco Bezzecchi have challenged for th𝄹e MotoG🥀P title with.