Marc Márquez is already thinking about 2025. A day after finishing third in the World Championship, the eight-time world champion has already put on his work suit and visited the Ducati Lenovo dressing room, the team that includes Pecco Bagnaia and in which he. will race the next two seasons to try to regain the MotoGP throne. The man from Lleida got up early to start the first day of his new life.
Around 10:30 a.m., Márquez made a notable appearance in the Borgo Panigale dressing room. There he met David Tardozzi, Team Manager of Ducati Lenovo, as well as his new chief mechanic, Marco Rigamonti. Ducati Corse CEO Claudio Domenicali and Gigi Dall’Igna, among others, were also present at the meeting. Nobody wanted to miss the visit of one of the best riders of all time, who from this Tuesday will ride the red motorcycle. This Monday, he already tested himself on the bike to familiarize himself and get used to it.
The Spaniard made the jump to the factory team after a year in which he was reborn. Marc Márquez showed that he was completely recovered from his physical problems, in a season in which, for the first time in four years, he did not have to miss any Grand Prix due to injury. And not only that. He also managed to beat Enea Bastianini in the fight for third place in the World Championship, managing to stay ahead of one of the factory bikes with the Ducati Desmosedici GP23.
The new stage has already begun for the man from Ilerda, but this Tuesday will arrive the moment that everyone is waiting for, the moment when he will get on the red motorcycle. Even if he won’t wear red yet. Despite the rumors, Márquez decided to go out on the track with the bike and the test suit. In other words, 93 will start from the red box with a black suit and motorcycle, like last year when he rode the Ducati for the first time with Gresini.
Jorge Martin in Aprilia
If what Marc Márquez did this year was sensational, what Jorge Martín did was even better. The Madrilenian came back stronger this season to win the MotoGP world champion title after a thrilling battle with Pecco Bagnaia. However, Ducanti opted for Cervera instead of the world champion who visited the stand of his new team, Aprilia, this Monday for the first time.
Martinator and Marco Bezzecchi, his new teammate at Aprilia, arrived together at the box to begin their new stage at the Noale factory. The MotoGP world champion will inherit the bike from Aleix Espargaró, his faithful friend and squire during the last race. Jorge did not get up as early as Márquez, since he arrived at the dressing room almost at noon, around 12:30 p.m. But he arrived with a smile from ear to ear on his first day as MotoGP world champion. The doubt remains to be resolved as to whether or not he will mount the 1 on the bike.
