Marc Marquez has been urged by Jorge Lorenzo to ignore the facꦫt that he is riding a year-old version of the Ducati.

The🍃 eight-time world champion’s first Mo🎐toGP season since quitting Honda is on a GP23, with the Gresini satellite team.

He is adjusting to the bike that Francesco🐭 Bagnaia and Jorge Marti🦋n used to contest last year’s MotoGP title.

But the factory Ducati and Pramac riders now benefit 🍷from the upgraded GP24 bike.

Sometimes the beneficiaries of the newer bike can take time to become accustomed to iไt, but Bagnaia and Martin are already the names to beat.

Lorenzo insisted that Marquez does not have an advantage by ridiꦆng the GP23, telling : “No. I am sure that, if he had theඣ choice, he would choose [the 2024 bike].

“But he will not be able to change that.

“He has to forget about that 🃏disadvantage on a psychological level🍃 and, with what he has, be the best Ducati rider riding the 2023.

“If so, he will be able ဣto surprise those w𒅌ho ride the 2024.”

📖Last year, the Ducati riders on the year-old machinery made a faster start to the season than the riders on the developed bike.

Lorenzo commented: “It depends on the year.

“There are years in which there is a big step between the old bike and the new one, but there are others in which the🐠 new one is worse.

“It has happeneꦬd in the paꦏst, but I don't think it will be the case for Ducati this year.

“Precisely, this season is one in which the new bike is clearly better than the old one and that is not good f🌳or Marc.

“I don't think the difference is insurmountable, but with the 2024 Marquez would🍎 go a little faster.

“Unfortunately, for him, he has arrived at Ducatꦦi in a yea♊r in which it seems that the new one is clearly better than the old one.”

Lorenzo added about M൲arquez's choice to change manufacturers: "I think he has made t𒅌he best decision at a sporting level, although he had a very important contract with Honda. 

"Knowing thꦏat he is 30 years old and that with each passing year he gets closer to retirement, it is not pleasant for a winning rider to see himself out of even the top-5 in many races and without the possibility of fighting for the title. 

"He is one of the best riders in history and the only one I have seen ♑who, practically, is not afraid of falling or getting hurt.✃ 

"He still has excessive ambition. Of course, it has been changing. Now we see a more thoughtful and prudent Marquez.&nbs🥃p;

"It is likely that, due to the significant ಞinjury he had to his arm, we will not see the same Marc again, but he will probably see better in the ཧfuture. 

"We can see a Marquez who has not lost much speed and with the impetus that has benefited him many times throughout his career; a Marc making fewer mistak🦋es and suffering fewer falls, while being more constant and regular to fight for championships."

Two-time MotoGP champion Lorenzo spent t⛄wo ill-fated years with Ducati after his defining p𝓡eriod with Yamaha.

In 2017 and 2018, the Desmosedici project wa🍷s only falling short of delivering the championship because Marquez wa♑s in his pomp with Honda.

Bagnaia delivered Ducati's first premier c♏lass title in 15 years in 2022 and the Italian manufacturer has been on top of the sport ever since, even convincing Marquez to end his legendary association with Honda this year.