Either way, by leaving his Honda contract one year early to ride for Gresini Ducati next season, the Spaniard has chosen t🎀o give up what is currently the ‘highest salary in MotoGP’.

“Sometimes in your life but always in my career, my main priority was the riding performance. Not the money,” Marquez said, during an exclusive interview with wuqian0821.com at Buriram.

“Money ꧒always is important. And if somebody says it isn’t, they will be lying. But sometimes you need to believe in yourself and follow what you feel.

“In my career always my main priority, even my lifestyle at 💖home and here at the circuit🌠, is to try to find the best to perform in the best way at the race track.

“It’s 💞true that I have the hi🎀ghest salary in MotoGP but I’m happy with what I will have next year.”

'Not true' that Marc Marquez will be riding for free

Is🥂 it true that you wil👍l be riding for free at Gresini next year?

“No, it’s not true. I never go [into details] on that aspect because, as you 🐭know, nobody really knows what my salary is now at Honda. Nobody knows.

“I’ve🌺 heard many numbers, but nobody knows exactly. But next year still I will be super happy with what I have.”

Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti had pr⛦eviously implied that Marquez would race for Gresini🔥 for free.

Marquez, who won his sixth and most recent title at Buriram with a last-lap victory over Fabio Quartararo in 2019, starts this year’s event 16th in th♎e world championship, with one podium.