“Will Ducati sign Valentino Rossi or Marc Marquez?” asked the Ducati CEO during contract negotiations.
CEO of Ducati questioned about Marc Marquez’s contract agreement’s speed
Valentino Rossi’s last MotoGP contract came together more slowly than Marc Marquez’s agreement with Ducati.
After quitting the factory team, Rossi spent months negotiating his contract with Yamaha’s satellite Petronas squad for 2021.
But in a matter of days, Marquez and Ducati appeared to reach an agreement following a stunning reversal involving Jorge Martin.
Ducati wanted Marquez to ride a GP25 at Pramac and offered him a factory seat for 2025; however, Marquez declined, prompting a reconsideration.
When asked whether it was challenging to negotiate Marquez’s two-year contract, Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali replied in the negative.
“To be honest, everything went pretty well,” he said to MOW.
It’s evident that there are a ton of other things that are pointless to discuss at this time and shouldn’t even be included.
However, Ducati and Marquez’s team were also swift in this regard.
“There were no unique challenges.”
Italy, home of Ducati, may become stir-crazy at the acquisition of the Catalan rider, whose rivalry with Rossi is the stuff of MotoGP history.
Domenicali conceded, “He is a great champion and like all great champions, he is loved and not loved, as Gigi Dall’Igna also said.”
Some people inform us that we couldn’t have chosen something better.
And some who assert the reverse, though.
“We are confident that the choice we made was the best one for Ducati and to become more competitive. A decision had to be made.”
Due to Marquez’s selection, Ducati has lost both Martin and current factory rider Enea Bastianini.
Bastianini is going to Tech3 KTM, and Martin is joining Aprilia.
A question concerning Domenicali’s emotional embrace with the departing Bastianini was posed.
“I dislike the word goodbye. Perhaps it was just a farewell, he remarked.
“Unfortunately, decisions must be made in sports, including our sport, and it is not always feasible to go forward as a team.
If it were up to me, I would send a huge number of Desmosedicis to the track in order to retain all of the riders who had traveled through Borgo Panigale and had a unique bond with them. However, you are unable to.
“Enea is a remarkable youngster and an excellent rider, and it is obvious that we are hurting right now. However, this is a sport.
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