Marquez’s existing deal with Honda covers the 2024 season, but in recent weeks has become heavily linked to a shock switch to Gresini to ride a year-old Ducati amid ongoing difficulties with the RC213V in 2023.
Following a difficult test at Misano earlier this month where the 2024 Honda prototype failed to perform as per his expectations, Marquez openly said he has three options at his disposal, without naming what exactly there are.
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Ducati sporting boss Paolo Ciabatti fuelled the Gresini rumour on Saturday at the Indian Grand Prix when the stated in a TV interview that the way is open for Marquez to join the Ducati satellite squad next year.
Responding to comments from Ciabatti, Marquez said that doesn’t want to share his thought process as he finalises his plans for next year, but made it clear that he will take into account how his decision could impact others - including Honda.
“Obviously, I heard about those comments,” he said following the Indian GP sprint race on Saturday.
“But nobody is inside my head. I said already at the Misano test that only one, two, three people around me know what I’m thinking.
“So, I’m very clever and I Know what I need and I know what I want. I’m looking for the best for everybody, not only for me.”
Asked to elaborate on what he meant when he said 'everybody', Marquez replied: “Of course, we are a team and when you are a team you are not alone. And you need to think not only about you.
“You need to think about everybody, about Honda, about what we did, where we are, where we are going to arrive. It’s inside my head what I’m thinking, but this big important decision, you cannot make it from one day to the other. It’s a process.”
He added: “With Honda HRC, we have been working a lot since Mugello. In Mugello already we had a very nice meeting – important, but nice.
“In Austria again, important but nice. So, we are trying to build the project, to find the best solution for the project and the future, for Honda’s future, for my future, to try to be better. This is the main target.”
Source: Autosport