Double MotoGP ⭕champion Marc Marquez l🍸ooks set to move his country of residence from Spain to Andorra, .

Si༺nce Andorra offers big tax savings, the news has caused a stir in Spain, which was hit especially hard by the financial crisis.

Regardless of the perceived rights or wrong💧s, it is massively unfair to single out Marquez. It is rare to find a grand prix star, on two or four wheels, that hasn't packed their bags for countries that, coincidentally, offer more favourable tax arrangements.

Spanish MotoGP riders Pol and Aleix Espa𒁏rgaro already live in Andorra, with countrymen Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo opting for Switzerland.

Indeed some may express surprise that Marquez, who made his grand prix debut in 2008, has remained in Spain for so long. Especially since Andorra is just 12꧑0 kilometres from his home🉐 town of Cervera.

According to the Spanish reports, which stem from an article in the , Marquez - whose new Repsol Honda deal is rumoured to pay 10 million euros per year - would face 49% tax in Spain, compar🌠ed with 30,000 euros (plus one-off 50,000 euros entrance fee) in Andorra. After several years, this will rise to 10% of his income.

Marquez would ne𓃲ed to be in Andorra for 183 days a year to meet the residency requirements.

F1 champion Fernando Alonso returned his tax residency from Switzerland to Spain in 2ꦦ011, with seven time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi returning to Italy after a high-profile🌌 tax investigation (and financial settlement) in 2007.

Reigning F1 champion Lewis Hamilton i꧒s a resident of Monaco.