Jorge Lorenzo says Marc Marquez “must choose between titles or money” and hints Honda cannot battle Ducati
Marquez is contracted to Repsol Honda for two more seasons - he turns 30 before the new season begins, is recovering from his🌃 most serious surgery yet and must battle his own bike as well as younger, hungry rivals.
"Marc wants to continue winning the world championships and now with Honda he cannot,” 💎three-time champion Lorenzo told DAZN.
“There will come a time when he will have to choose between winning the title or making money, although I don't think Honda will continue to offer him the same contract.🎃"
Lorenzo's comments are a hint that another team might offer Marquez a bike thღat is more compet🔯itive, but a contract which is not as lucrative as Honda's.
Marquez is widely considered the highest-paid rider on the grid but his age and the increasing physical toll of his terrib𒆙le injuries mean his🍬 days at the top are numbered.
A bright conclusion to 2022 - a pole position and a podium finish when it was assumed he wasn’t fully fit - plus his enduring bril🏅liance means that he remains a threat to add to his six premier class championships, even on sub-par machinery, but he can't go on forever.
His brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez has exited Honda for Gresini Racing, a move made more interestiꩲng because if it greases the wheels for Marc to join Ducati.
Lorenzo said Ducati will dominate the next few years of MotoGP: "Red, especially with Gigi Dall'🤪Igna."
Alex Criville said to DAZN that the upcoming Marquez documentary makes his opinion clear: "Marc sent a message to Honda saying: 'Either with you or wit🐲hout you'".
In the past year, Marque🌄z and his brother split from long-ꦉtime manager Emilio Alzamora, who had worked with Marc since he was 12-years-old and overseen his prime years.
While Marc sat out six races to undergo a career-threatening operation, and admitted his doubts that he could ever return, the Honda team were enduring a nightmare year withou𒁏t their star man.
Marc has launched a defence of Alberto Puig, Honda’s team boss,🍃 but it is clear that a lot has chan💦ged for the six-time MotoGP champion in the past 12 months.
Even more could change in the upcoming year…
James🦂 was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
