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As I understand it Gresini are keen to secure a two year deal, whereas the Márquez camp only wants one year. This will allow him to move in the longer term to a factory seat in 2025, possibly KTM. Leaving Honda for a satellite team avoided the severance payment on his HRC contract.of course - but it's been officially announced at MotoGP.com now.
Now we just wait for the inevitable 'and he's joining his brother at Gresini' announcement
It's not a winning team though and is arguably at the bottom of the Ducati pecking order. Gresini had the full backing of Honda through Daijiro Kato which after his untimely death went to Gibernau who was the main contender to Rossi in 2003 and 2004 whilst Melandri took up the mantle in 2005. Since then, it would have been interesting to see whether Simoncelli would have been able to mount a title challenge on a Gresini bike. He certainly had the backing from HRC. I think Marc will definitely win races though, particularly given his astonishing performances recently on one of the worst bikes on the gird.I can understand the decision from MM93 because he is a champion and needs a winner MotoGP bike.