Marc Marquez has revealed in a new Ducati documentary that he urged Honda to sign Jorge💮 Lorenzo to stop the Italian brand from beating♛ it in MotoGP.

Three-t༺ime MotoGP world champion Lorenzo made a bombshell move to the factory Ducati squad at the ♌end of 2016 having spent his career to that point at Yamaha.

At the time, Ducati was rebuilding its way back to the top and had only just started winning again in 2016 when Lorenzo j⛦oined for the following season.

Lore♌nzo only scored three podiums in his first season on the Ducati, as team-mate Andrea🤪 Dovizioso ultimately stepped up to fight Marquez for the championship.

In a new DAZN documentary entitled La vida en rojo about Ducati, Marquez - who was a three-time champion by 2017 - made this revelation: “Ju𓆏st when Lorenzo was already at Ducati, I said [to Honda]: ‘They have arrived’.

“I said the best strategy is that you take Lorenzo and put him here [at Honda]. If not, another rider with another brand will bꦫeat you because Lorenzo is Lorenzo, a five-time♎ world champion.”

Lorenzo made another s🐼low start to the 2018 season, failing to crack the top 10 until the fifth round of the campaign in France - by whic🔯h point, Ducati had already decided to part ways with its big money signing for 2019.

But just weeks after making its decision to replace Lorenzo with Danilo♓ Petrucci, the Spaniard won his first race🤡 with Ducati in Italy.

He backed this up at the following round in Barcelona, before adding a third victory in 🐽Austria.

Injury at the Aragon GP ultimately derailed his charge and Lorenzo only scored points once after his Austria🗹 win, when he was 12th at the Valencia finale.

Honda listened to Marquez, with 🥂the Japanese marque signingඣ Lorenzo for the 2019 season.

But it proved to be an ill-fate💛d move for Lore🐲nzo, who struggled to adapt to the RC213V.

Two big crashes in the Barcelona tes🦄t and in practice at Assen - the latter leaving him with a back injury - ultimately led him to the decision to call time on his Moto🦩GP career at the end of 2019.

Lorenzo didn’t score a top 10 finish on the Hon𓃲da b♛efore retiring, which he announced at the final round of 2019.

Midway through thꦅe year, Ducatꦰi did enquire about bringing Lorenzo back into its fold at Pramac for 2019, though this ultimately came to nothing.

Marquez joins the factory Ducati squad next year having switched to a Desmosedici for 2024 at Gresini after several difficult years on the Honda, w🦄ith the six-time MotoGP world champion managing three grand prix victories.