On Wednesday, Honda announced that it would be parting ways with Marquez at the end of the current season, one year earlier than his contract expiration date.
Though yet to be officially confirmed, Marquez will move to Gresini next season to ride – in principle – a year-old Ducati bike.
Dall’Igna, who has transformed Ducati from a struggling midfielder to MotoGP’s conquerors over the last 10 years, was thought to be a target for Honda’s recruitment drive for 2024 in order to convince Marquez to stay.
He confirmed as such to Gazzetta dello Sport in an interview, but felt leaving Ducati was not “logical”.
“As is probably normal, some thinking has been done,” Dall’Igna said on Honda approaching him for 2024.
“I am fine in Ducati. I have struggled so much to get to a situation where Ducati is considered a model, to leave now perhaps would not have been logical.
“Then, it is true that what I had to do here I did, it could have been a challenge won and archived and Honda is an equally interesting and important challenge.”
Source: Autosport