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Marquez is within the penultimate yr of a four-season take care of Honda, which he signed firstly of 2020 previous to struggling the badly damaged proper arm that will derail his profession.
The eight-time world champion – who received six MotoGP titles in seven years between 2013 and 2019 – has made it clear that his want is to stay with Honda, however will look outside of the Japanese marque if it does not give him the bike he needs to fight for more crowns.
This comes as Honda seems to engineer its means out of its second winless marketing campaign in three years in 2022, with pre-season testing thus far revealing HRC is a good distance from being aggressive.
For years, Marquez has been incessantly linked to rival producers, nevertheless it appears now the door – at the very least for now – is shut on him ever driving for Ducati.
Talking solely to Motorsport.com’s Spanish language sister web site Motorsport.es, Ciabatti says Ducati would fortunately talk about a possible future with Marquez ought to he enquire – however feels its present steady of younger riders, which incorporates 2022 champion Francesco Bagnaia, means the Spaniard doesn’t match into the equation.
“It’s not that Ducati doesn’t want an ‘extra-terrestrial’ like Marc; it’s that Ducati already has its personal,” Ciabatti mentioned.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Staff
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“Just one [rider] received the world championship, main 189 laps, with greater than 200 [points] forward of second, which was [Fabio] Quartararo.
“By no means say by no means, however Marquez is 30 years previous and we’ve got riders 5 and 6 years youthful, with room for development.
“I don’t assume Ducati wants Marc, and I say that with the utmost respect.
“We have already got sufficient riders who’re desperate to make it to the manufacturing facility crew with out occupied with signing him.
“Clearly, if he calls us tomorrow to ask for a gathering, we received’t hold up on him.
“However the time for Marc to signal for Ducati was just a few years in the past, now it’s now not the case.”
Marquez’s youthful brother Alex Marquez might be a Ducati rider in 2023, with the double podium finisher shifting from LCR Honda to Gresini.
