WHY MARQUEZ AT DUCATI IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE APPEALED IN 2025
Ducati, the company that makes Marc Marquez’s MotoGP bike for this year, was widely seen as being indifferent to the Marc Marquez-to-Gresini narrative for the most of 2023 as it gained momentum and finally came to pass.
The Gresini deal was ultimately portrayed as a privateer outfit making its own decision regarding its rider line-up – with Ducati’s general blessing, yes, but with it hardly being a motivator or a driving force. This was despite rumors that the brand had approached Marquez directly to place him on a factory-supported bike.
Therefore, it follows that Marquez would not be the works team’s first priority even if he performs well on a privateer Ducati.
In the end, many of the premises of that school of thought still hold true. Although Marquez is still a terrific rider, Ducati can and does succeed without him. As its main focus, Pecco Bagnaia is still repaying the brand’s confidence. Competing automakers should also be in a position to offer Marquez far more financially competitive offers, as he will undoubtedly want to partially make up for the money he lost in 2024 by severing his Honda deal.
That’s all still true. However, the ghost of Marquez in Ducati red is not at all a
Let us first hear from a few individuals who may have knowledge.
Among the MotoGP teams in the Pierer Mobility Group, which also includes Tech3 Gas Gas and KTM, Francesco Guidotti, the manager of the KTM team, has undoubtedly been the most vocal supporter of Marquez’s transfer.
Naturally, Guidotti and Marquez were acquainted in the past thanks to KTM’s 125cc program.
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