Upon announcing his departure, Marc Marquez said: “Honda will come back to the top, with me or without me. But they need time. Athletes don't have time.”
Javi Ortiz is the only engineer that will follow Marc Marquez from Honda to Ducati, but who is the man that calls the six-time MotoGP champion his ‘little brother’?
After spending six years at his brother Valentino Rossi's VR46 team, in Moto2 and then MotoGP, Luca Marini makes a fresh start as a Repsol Honda rider in 2024.
Marc Marquez’s former Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig said nobody should have been surprised to see the #93 on top of the timesheets during his Ducati debut at the Valencia MotoGP test.
Marc Marquez’s eleven-year career as a Repsol Honda rider ended in a huge highside after contact with title contender Jorge Martin in the Valencia MotoGP.
With younger brother Luca Marini now confirmed as joining HRC in place of Marc Marquez next season, perhaps a #46 NSR500 will finally be heading to Tavullia in the near future.
VR46 team director Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci has revealed that Fermin Aldeguer isn’t the only Moto2 rider in contention to take over Luca Marini’s MotoGP seat for 2024.