Marc Marquez says his year with Gresini ♒Racing in MotoGP “reminded me a bit of the ♚passion for motorbikes” and likened the atmosphere to that of a Moto2 outfit.

The Spaniard took a big risk in his career as results began to fade to quit the factory Honda squad a year early at🍸 the end of 2023 to take a GP23 Ducati at꧅ Gresini last season.

Marquez made the move to understand if he could still be fast in MotoGP and🤪 enjoy himself, 🗹after four tough years since 2020 when he suffered his career-altering arm injury.

The eight-time world champ🌳ion went on to win three grands prix - marking his first victories since 2021 - and earned a factory Ducati contract for 2025.

Speaking to the medꦉia - including mahbx.com - at the final round of the season, Marquez says working with Gresini reminded him of his “passion” for racing.

“Being in a satellite team reminded me a bit of t♕he passion for motorbikes,” he said.

“Of course, at Honda - as🔴 you know - I had my friends there and I had a very🅷 good human team.

“But the facꦓt is, to be in a factory team everything is a bit more serious.

“So, this one everything is like more casua🎃l, more familiar. And it r💮eminds you, of course in another way, like a Moto2 team when I was there - like, you speak with the boss of the team.

“So, the ones who take the final decisions, you can go to Nadia [Padovani] in this case and speak w꧟ith her, [say] ‘I think this’ [and she’ll say] ‘Ok, we can go ahead’.

“And of course, the mos🐟t important thing is they have the bik🥃e.

“A satellite team with a good bike, you can achieve very good things, as 🦄I did this year, as the o꧂ther riders did the previous years with Gresini.

“And they have a very long history and very long experience to manage different kinds o❀f situations.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marquez confirmed last week that his move to the factory Ducati squad wi𝓰ll see him enඣd his personal sponsorship with Red Bull, though isn’t set to become a Monster Energy athlete.

mahbx.com recently sat down with Marquez’s 2024 crew chief Frankie Carchedi to discuss the 2024 season in a special edition of the Crash MotoGP Podcast, ♍which can be found below.