Ducati “interest” in Marc Marquez? “If Honda don’t improve…”

Marc Marquez will always be of interest to Ducati but “they don’t really need him like before”, says his ex-manager Emilio Alzamora.
Marc Marquez , MotoGP race, Malaysian MotoGP, 23 October
Marc Marquez , MotoGP race, Malaysian MotoGP, 23 October

The Repsol Honda star missed much of 2022 rehabilitating after a fourth major arm surgery yet was still his team’s highest-placed rider in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings.

Honda’s horrible year, during which they endured a race without scoring a single point for the firs🅰t time in 40 years, must not be repeated if Marquez is to have any chance of challenging for a seventh premier class championship in 2023.

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If the Spaniard’s brilliance is not mat𒐪ched by his machinery he will look elsewhere, warns the man who knows him best.

“It will all depend on Honda⛎. If they build a bike to win the world championship, it’s okay, but Marc is a winn𒆙er by nature, he’s only here to win the world championship,” Alzamora told . 

“If something doesn’t improve after those two year🐽s, I thi𓆏nk Marc will change his mind.

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Marc

“Ducati have don🥀e a great job. With Gigi Dall’Igna they took a big step forward from a technical point of view, with Paolo Ciabatti they did a lot more. 

“They have a♚ competitive bike, but the impressive thing is that they have eight bikes on the track with strong ♎teams, they make contracts with the riders and they are all young and strong. 

“But I think there will always be interest in Marc, but at the moment they don💙’t really need him liಞke before.”

Francesco Bagnaia became the first Ducati rider in 15 years to win the MotoGP championship this season. Enea Bastianini will partner him in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 MotoGP rider line-up having finished third in the 2022 standings.

Alzamora had worked alongside Marc and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez for 18 years before they announced their shock split earlier this sea🎶son.

H𝄹is final act was to land Alex a contract in 2023 for Ducati in their Gresini Racing ✃team.

Alex Marquez, Valencia MotoGP test, 8 November
Alex Marquez, Valencia MotoGP test, 8 November

“This is a great opportunity💝 for Alex and he needed it,” Alzamora said.

“We know that with Honda all the riders have been struggling for years, while Ale⭕x will now have a clearly competitive bike, as it has bee🧜n for Bastianini this year. 

“He will show all of his potential and I’m more than sur🗹e that it’s a really great opportunity for him, after having had so many difficulties. Maybe he won’t be very fast right away, but step by step he will arrive with his true style.”

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