ducati has presented the bike with which they want to revalidate the title won last season by Francesco Bagnaia. And despite having the current world champion and the great Italian promise, enea bastianinithe name of Marc Márquez He reappeared as a possible signing.
The Italians, as usual in MotoGPThey did not show the model that they will take to the track this season. They gave few clues about what they have worked on during the winter, beyond the detail that ‘Pecco’ will have the ‘1’ on the fairing.
Therefore, the interest of the attendees focused on the statements of the protagonists. When it was the turn of the Ducati sporting director, Paolo Ciabattithe name that has been associated with the Borgo Panigale brand for months came out: Marc Márquez.
The signing of his brother Álex has generated the rumor that it is an advance to try to hire ’93’, something that Ciabatti was in charge of denying: “They live together and share many things, so I have no doubt that Marc will ask Álex how things are goingbut our plans are different”.
And in case there was any kind of doubt, the Italian clarified what the plans in question were, in which the Catalan does not enter: “Marc Márquez is a fantastic driver, but ands five or six years older than the pilots we haveso we prefer to focus on the drivers who are growing with us.”
Marc Márquez’s contract with Honda ends in 2024, the same year as those of Bagnaia and Bastianini. The option of joining Ducati seems closed, but with two seasons still to go things can change.
