OPINION: Although Marc Marquez's move to Gresini Ducati for 2024 is yet to be made official, all roads lead to the eight-time world champion riding a year-old Desmosedici in MotoGP next season. But even being under contract at Gresini and on an old bike won't stop Marquez from upsetting the status quo that has been carefully maintained by Ducati until now.
Let no one be fooled: as much as the Italian brand wants to publicly disassociate itself from the agreement that will link Marc Marquez to Gresini, it would be naive to think that the Spaniard will be riding a Desmosedici next season without approval from Ducati or, at least, of its most influential faction.
Even more so if we take into account what happened two years ago, when Ducati made a mistake with its engine choice for 2022, and had to go back on the 2021 engine to equip Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller. The worst affected by this were Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco, who had to use the engine specification that Bagnaia and Miller discarded.
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