The Spanish r🦋ider's reappearance in the 2024 Mot🐓oGP rider line-up was never in doubt but has now been formalised.

"He stays," the Ducati satellite team posted to social media featuring💜 a picture of Marquez with team owner Nadia Padovani, and a separate picture of ex-Barcelona footballers Gerard Pique and Neymar who are known for their own "he stays" post which went viral.

Perdona? Y esto sin mi perm✅iso? A que me marco un Neymar…

— Alex Márquez (@alexmarquez73)

Marquez's confirmation comes less than a week after he won the 🦂sprint race at the British MotoGP, the first time he had tasted✤ victory in the premier class.

This is his first season within the Ducati clan, having made the emotional decision to leave Honda where he had spent h🐭is entire MotoGP career, and where his esteemed brother Marc Marquez stiܫll remains.

Alex has out-performed Marc for the first time thi༒s season, since joining Gresini.

The status of next year's teammate⛦ for 🀅Alex Marquez remains unconfirmed though.

Current incumbent Fabio di Giannantonio is ex🌺pected ⛎to lose his seat.

Moto2 prospects Tony Arbolino and Jake Dixon are in the mix, but so is Franco Mor🌳bidelli who has been axed from Yamaha.