Marc confirmed the rumours which have spread throughout the MotoGP paddock - that he will end his 11-year association w🌱ith Honda at the end of 2023, ahead of an expected𒅌 move to Gresini Ducati next season.

“I know that today has not been an easy day for you,” Alex posted on🎀 social media about his brot💖her’s confirmation he will leave Honda. 

“But you are brave and life🌟 re💧wards those who value it! 

Alex Márquez on Instagram

“I know that today has not been an easy day for you, but you are brave and life rewards those who🅠 value it! Few of us know what you've been through since 2020 and it's time for you to go back to 100🌠% of what you like the most.”

— Crash MotoGP (@crash_motogp)

“Few of us know what you'𝔉ve been through since 2020 and it's time for you to go back to 100% of what you like the most.” 

The message is a reference to Marc’s awful injury histo🐽ry since 2020, when his arm problems began.

Marc will become the teammate of his brother Alex if he links up wit🌠h Gresini, as he is expected to do, in 2024.

Last year, Alex made the similar decision to quit Honda and move to a Ducati sa🔯tellite team.

He has had nothing but positive words for his experience so far, and hi🦹✱s results have also spoken volumes. In Argentina he registered his first podium finish in three years.

The repercussions of Marc’s move wi🀅ll inevitably be biggerඣ, though.

An eight-time world champion who is wriggling out of the final year of his Honda deal, the bi꧂ggest contract in MotoGP today, could have seismic consequences for the sport.