The surprise option is according to Carlo Pernat, the veteran paddock manager with ties to Gresini, talk💝ing to .

The only two current va🍒cancies on th🥃e 2024 MotoGP grid are within Ducati - at Pramac and, if Fabio di Giannantonio is ditched as expected, at Gresini.

That Gresini seat is now remarkably coveted by Mir, the 2020 M⛎otoGP champion.

But since his glory season with Sꦯuzuki, things have♎ gone south for Mir.

He recently admiꦗtted to considering retir♒ement at the age of 25 due to his woes this year at Repsol Honda.

He has only completed🌱 one Sunday race, at the opening weeke𒐪nd in Portimao.

Mir’s woes,😼 and his apparent flirtation w𓂃ith Ducati, has echoes of Alex Marquez last year.

Marquez was also at a low ebb as a Honda rider but made the decision to le💃ave fꦆor a Ducati satellite team, and has been rejuvenated by the move.

Mir could realistically hope for similar, even if it means swapping a factory team 💎for a satellite team.

Iker Lecuona is waiting in🍰 the wings at Honda to be a simple and no frills replacement for Mir, should he opt to quit, the same report claims.