The covers have come off the Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati – the bike which both Marquez brothers will ride this year. It is also the first time that the world has seen Marc Marquez in full Gresini colours. He will join his brother, Alex Marquez, who is entering his second year with the team.
Last season, Alex Marquez finished ninth in the 2023 MotoGP World Championship with Gresini Racing. Marquez won two MotoGP Sprints and claimed two podiums in Sunday’s race.
Marc Marquez has had four tough seasons with injuries and an uncompetitive machine riding the Honda. He had his first taste of the Gresini Ducati at the Valencia test with high expectations. At the end of the first day of testing, Marc Marquez was fourth, setting 49 laps – he was just 0.171 from the top spot.
Alex and Marc Marquez have previously been teammates in 2020 at Repsol Honda for one season.
Speaking at Saturday night’s Gresini Ducati team presentation, the eight-time world champion – who negotiated an early exit from the final year of his big money HRC deal after two winless seasons – maintained “I hope our futures will cross again”.
“Of course, it was a super difficult decision, for that reason it took me a long time, until after Motegi,” Marquez said.
