After spending his entire 11-year🎶 MotoGP career at Repsol Honda, winni💮ng 59 races and six world championships, Marquez rode a Desmosedici for the first time at last November’s Valencia test.

But the real work wil🐼lꦇ begin in Sepang next month, with an intensive three-day outing at the Malaysian Grand Prix venue.

“I start 2024 season with a lot of enthusiasm and de🍸sire,♚ something that will never be lacking,” Marquez said. “I feel very well, very calm, I'm doing a normal pre-season, something I hadn't been able to do for many years [due to injuries].

“Last year was only half normal because there were also problems with my shoulder, but now I have work to do in Malaysia and Qatar to continue adapting to the bike♚ and the working style of the new 🀅technical team.

“I will have to adapt myself and then, when I get a good level, I will try to change things on the b🔯ike to feel completely comfortable.”

The Spaniard’s smile as he returned from his first outing ꧒on Gresini Ducati at Valencia made headlines around the world. He went on to briefly lead the timꦗesheets on the way to a close fourth place, just 0.171s from the top.

“The first test in Valencia was good,” Mওarquez confirmed.

Marquez’s Gresini move also means he is joining younger brother Alex in the same MotoGP te💜am for the first time since 2020 at Repsol Honda, a partnership that was curtailed when Marc broke his arm at the opening round.

Speaking alongside Alex i🔯n their first appearance of the year as Gresini team-mates, during a press conference organised by Estrella Galicia 0,0 in Madrid, the #93 joked: "The team-mate is the first rival, but in this case it's all a family matter!

“We're both here for the competition, t🍨hat comes from our genes. Logically, if I can beat him (Alex), so much the better, a♛nd if he can beat me, so much the better for him.

“The main thing is a🎃lso to try to help each other as we havಌe always done at home. Then on the track each one has his own technical crew and his own problems.

“It's not even good to talk too much because sometimes a comment of mine may sound completely different to him, so we will continue as we have done so♍ far, each one with his technical team and then helping each other at home as much as possible to pre🌼pare well for the race weekends."

Marc has been without a win for the past two seꦅasons, while Alex to🌃ok two Sprint wins and two Grand Prix podiums in his debut Gresini campaign.

Both will ride year-old GP23 bikes this year.

The official Sepang test takes place o February 6-8 followed by a fi🔯nal official pre-season test in Qatar on February 19-20.

Marc M🧔arquez’s Ducati race debut will then ౠbe held at the same Lusail circuit on the weekend of March 8-10.