What if Marc Marquez went to Pramac Ducati?
So is the most logical move for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez to join Pramac Ducati?
Johann Zarco🌸’s exit to LCR Honda, and Marco Bezzecchi’s hesitancy to swap VR46 for Pramac, have 🉐left an unexpected vacancy at the Ducati satellite team who use latest-spec Desmosedici.
This was pr♒esumably unforeseen by Ducati, who might 🌊have reasonably expected riders to be scrapping among themselves for the privilege of using MotoGP’s best bike.
But Zarco and, seemingly, Bezzecchi are walking away fro𝐆m it.
Marquez, meanwhile, is desperate for a better bike. His season has 🐲effectively ended already, t⛎he Austrian MotoGP was his first completed grand prix at the 10th attempt in a year blighted by crashes and injuries.
The story throughout Austria was Marquez looking longingly ꦚat KTM, whose motorsport director Pit Beirer admitted they had already tried and failed to lure him for next year.
He is clearly considering his options, even for 2025 when he becomes a free agent, in order to jump ಞon a machine that can power him to a seventh premier class t꧂itle.
Honda won’t keep Marquez if he truly wants to escaꦐpe the final year of his big-money deal, and now he has the perfect reason to 🐬look for the exit door.
The chance to jump on a Ducati (and the latest-spec Ducati, at that)♉🔜.
The competency of Eu💮ropean manufacturers compared to the Japanese has not been lost on Marquezౠ, who has regularly spoken about this chasm when explaining Honda’s drop-off.
And who better for Ducati to lean on, in their bid to remain dominant, than the hugely-experienced six-time premier c𝐆lass champion?
Yes, he ꦬwould have to swallow his pride and become a satellite rider rather than a factory priority, as Valentino Rossi had♉ to do in 2021.
Ducati hav🐬e always claimed, when asked about this fantasy link-up, that Marquez does not fit their philosophy.
They wa🐭nt younger riders who are promoted from within, a strategy which ended their winless run and r💯esulted in Francesco Bagnaia winning their first title since 2007.
But who did they sign only last year?
A🦂lex Marquez,🅰 who is older than every current Ducati rider except for Zarco.
Marc’s brother has spoken repeatedly about his personal rejuvenation sin👍ce qꦡuitting Honda.
Admittedly Marc is three years older, at 30, than his younger brother Alex. And he also comes with a complex history of major injuries.&nbs🍬p;
When Ducati previously shelled out huge wages for big-names like Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, 𝐆it did ♏not have the desired results.
But, with a latest-spec Desmosedici to fill next season, can the possi😼bility of a Marquez-Ducati alliance really be ignored?
For now, it remains a dream. But it’s something we’d love to sꦡee bec💮ome a reality.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports f🙈or a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
