“Rumour I’ve heard” from paddock about Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi

Gossip from Le Mans about key rider market moves and satellite teamꦗ's future

Marco Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin
Marco Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin

Marc Marquez 🧸and Marco Bezzecchi will receive factory Ducatis next season while remaining in their current teams, according to a rumওour shared in Le Mans.

The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 MotoGP rider line-up hinges o💮n Ducati’s decision o♛f who to pair with Pecco Bagnaia in their official team.

Current teammate Enea Bastianini, Gresiniꦑ’s Marquez and Pramac’s Jorge Martin are the contenders.

The other factor is the future of Pramac - they have negotiated a possible link-up with Yamaha for 202ꦕ5 and have not yet finalised their decision of whether to quit Ducati.

If they do quit Ducati, and leave their pair of f♔actory-spec machines behind, then two hugely coveted bikes could be distributed elsewhere.

“The ru༒mour I’ve heard is thatღ the Pramac to Yamaha thing is on,” broadcaster Gavin Emmett shared on TNT Sports from the French MotoGP. “Not that it’s going to happen, necessarily, but it’s on…

“You can keep Marco Bezzecchi in your fold by giving VR46 a factor♏y bi🌳ke.

“And give a factory bike to Gresini.

“Giꦜve year-old bikes to the others,🌸 and Pramac can go to Yamaha.

“Whether that will happen or noꦕt - or whether Pramac win the championship this year wit🌱h Ducati - I don’t know!

“Maybe that’s been a part of the bargaining.

“‘We can’t give you two factory bikes anymoཧre because Franco Morbidelli isn’t performing over the past couple of years, the second rider hasn’t necessarily brought it’.

“It’s all horse trading, at the moment.”

Pramac currently run Joge Martin a🦹nd Morbidelli. Martin insists he will leave Pramac in 🔴2025 either for the official team or a new manufacturer.

Marquez has repeatedly insisted he wants to upgrade from his year-old bik🍸e in 2025.

Sylvain Guintoli insists Marquez may sta🌌y if Gresini can offer him a better package: “Could be, if he gets a factory bike.

“But that would mean a shuffle in the bikes that Ducati𓃲 are providing.

“It would mean they prob🌄ably only give one to Pramac…”

Neil Hodgson explained his solution: “I’d put Jorge, who leads the championship, into the fact⛄ory🍌 team.

“And give Marc a facဣtory bike in the Gresini team.”

Emmett replied: “I’d do that, as well.

“The other thing… it means Marc won’t be on an Aprilia, it mean💝s Marc won’t b𝄹e on a KTM.

“You don’t want him on a competitors’ bike!

“Of the three, Bastianini is the one that I might be happy to see on an 🤪Aprilia.”

The stick🦂ing point may be withi♏n the contracts of the satellite teams themselves.

Pramac reportedly can activate a clause in th�🃏�eir current deal which mean they would stay with Ducati, and keep factory bikes, for the next two seasons.

They haven’t chosen to activate that clause ꦓyet, but if they do, it would theoretically prevent Gresini or VR46 receiving a factory bike.

So, in turn, it would f🐓orce Marquez to rethink his plans for 2025…

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