Bombshell report “Marc Marquez decided on Gresini - only one step is missing…”
The eight-time world champion is set to make the stunning move according to who broke th♏e news during the Indian MotoGP at the Buddh Circuit.
“Marc🧔 Marquez has made his choi▨ce: the Spaniard has decided to race with the Gresini team's Ducati in 2024, in the same team as his brother Alex,” the report states.
But there is a sticking point.
“Before proceeding with th⛦e forma🌳l closing of the agreement, the rider will have to agree on a way out with Honda,” it is reported.
“Now onl❀y one formal step is missing, but which in f🅠act is also substantial: Marc must find a way out with Honda.
“The only obstacle that can stand between Marquez and the Gꦍresini team at the moment is the Japanese compa💯ny itself.”
Marquez arrived in India and claimed “there is no news” about the crunch decision that has been looming over the entire MotoGP paddock - whether he will quit Hond🐼a or no🎀t.
He is contracted to Honda for 2024, the final year of a big-money contract, but such is his dissatisfacti🔯on with two seasons of lingering at the back he has constantly been linked with seeking an early exitܫ.
Now reports ou🅺t of Italy corroborate what was initially reported in Misano a fortnig🦄ht ago, that Marquez will remarkably join Ducati next season.
Jumping on a year-old Desmosedici - alongside his brother Alex Marquez - will represent arguab🃏ly the biggest move in MotoGP history.
Next weekend MotoGP heads to Motegi, Japan, the home race for Honda where this sta🤡ggering news could become a rea🐠lity.
Honda have p𝔍reviously insisted that they will not stand in any rider’s wa💟y if they wish to leave, even during their contract.
DAZN’s previously wondered if Marquez might fail to agree an escape from Honda: “I see it being ๊in Japan where the parties tell us they are separating! And if that's not the case, and Marc stays, it may just be because legally he has no option.&n💜bsp;
“Because 𝓀I think he hasn't believed in the Honda project for days!”
The final details of Marquez’s bombshell༒ switch from Honda♏ to Ducati are set to unfold.
He impressively went fourth-fastest in Friday♏ practice at the Indian MotoGP.
James was a 𒀰sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade coveꩵring everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
