The opini𓃲on of Gigi Dall’Igna will be a crucial factor in deciding Marc Marquez’s next move in Ducati’s politicalꦐ environment, Jorge Lorenzo says.

The six-time Mo🐈toGP champion is riding a year-old Ducati for the Gresini satellite squad this year but is only tied to a one-year contract.

His nam🐎e - alongside Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martin - is surely in the hat to be Francesco Bagnaia’s factory teammate next year.

Lorenzo insist🤪s that, even though Marquez is a departure from Ducati’s preไference to build young talents, Dall’Igna will want to keep him.

“From the outside, it seemed that Ducati was not particularly excited about Ma꧂rquez's arrival,” Lorenzo told  before the Portuguese MotoGP where Marquez and Bagnaia collided.

“I think that is not the case with Dall'Igna.

“I would even say th⛎at, rather, he is the one who has been most in favour. I speak from outside, I am not inside.

“I don't know 🍸why it didn't generate that illusion in some parts of Ducati.

“When they see that Marc is doing very well wi༺th the Ducati and, above all, is committed to staying at the factory and not changing again or returning to Honda, they will support him.

“Havin꧙g Marc Marquez is a guarantee of having a rider who fights forꦅ championships.”

It was ꦺsuggested to two-time MotoGP champion Lorenzo that Ducati’s faith in Marquez could begin this year, by upgrading his year-old bike.

“In the past we have seen riders not only receive upgrades, but a complꦺetely new bike,” Lorenzo said.

“Riders who were riding the old motorcycle and have been giv༺൲en the new one. I don't know if that could be the case.

“What is clear is that, at the regulation level, Ducati cannot modify the engines and, in any case, it will have to settle for receiving chassis, electronics and aer🍸odynamics improvements.

“The politics and relationship that Marc has with Ducati and with Dalꦚl'Igna will be v𝄹ery important.

“Gigi is happౠy with the arrival of Marqueღz, he supports his airrval.

꧂“He wants to have the best riders in his ranks and I am sure that, if Marc continues to do as well as in his debut, Dall'Igna and Ducati will support him this year and will want him to continue with the braᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnd in the future.”

Lorenzo spent two unsuccessful years with Ducati at the tail-end of his own career yet still emerged as a huge advocate f𒁃or D♔all’Igna, Ducati’s engineer extraordinaire.

Although his own stint in red could not restore gl🍌ory to Ducati, Lorenzo always maintained faith that the manufaꦫcturer would soon return to the top of MotoGP.

They did so in 🎃2022 via Bagnaia, the rider that Marquez is battling this year and could sit alongside next y🌌ear.