Marc Marquez has explained why he refused Ducati’s option to battle with Jorge Martin on track for a seat at its factory MotoGP team in 2025.
On Wednesday, it was announced that six-time MotoGP champion Marquez will step up from Gresini to join the official Ducati squad next year, partnering Francesco Bagnaia in an all-star line-up. It was the culmination of a series of events that took place over the last seven days, which completely changed the trajectory of his career and that of current points leader Jorge Martin.
The Gresini rider is competing with a year-old GP23 bike, while his compatriot has the latest-spec Desmosedici, with Pramac being the only-factory supported satellite squad in Ducati’s line-up. 'It's simple. If you have to earn it on the track, you have to have the same weapons, and now I don't have them,” he told the SER channel in Spain. “But it's no excuse and I'm proving that I can be competitive.
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