Given the current atmosphere at Honda, it has never been clearer that an opportunity to appropriate the great talents of Marc Marquez was to be seized. More for 2025 than for 2024, however, which KTM has already indicated through the voice of the team manager of its official team Francesco Guidotti. And for good reason: to get rid of his HRC lease prematurely, he would have to pay, according to rumor, a maximum forfeiture of 25 million euros... But even in two years, the eight-time world champion will not be an opportunity for everything the world. For the big boss of Ducati Claudio Domenicali, it will never be a priority, and he explains why…
Marc Marquez does not live a happy time with Honda, It is the least we can say. So much so that we wonder how its relationship with the world's leading manufacturer will be able to continue until the end of 2024, the end of its contract with it. The Spaniard wants to revive the dynamics of a career that is now at a standstill, but not only that. It is also stopped in front of the prize list of Valentino Rossi who maintains his advantage of one crown more than him. To unlock that, he needs a winning project, which will not be again Honda Before a long time, concession points to settlement or not.
The only home with guaranteed trophies is Ducati, since KTM is still consolidating its status as a challenger. But in Borgo Panigale, all the voices of the pundits distill only one message: we don't want Marc Marquez and we won't want it. And that's what's called setting a date, to say the least.
Claudio Domenicali: “ Marc Marquez suffered from depression, we must understand and respect him »
The big boss himself Claudio Domenicali wants to be clear on the subject, leaving itself no room for maneuver: “ it would be very complex and difficult, in any situation to integrate it into our home ».
And he explains Sky Sports : " during the first race of the year, Marquez was on pole after a complicated winter. Then with certain behaviors he went too far, but compared to his brand comrades he made the difference. At the Sachsenring, on a friendly track, he had high expectations. Instead he had to face an unforeseen situation, he fell five times ". And the Italian concludes: “ he suffered from depression, we must understand and respect him. I hope to find him as an opponent soon ».
