Alex Marquez will stay with Gresini Racing till the top of the 2026 MotoGP season after inking a recent two-year deal.
As revealed by Autosport last week, the youthful Marquez will see out the present MotoGP guidelines period with the satellite tv for pc Ducati squad after a profitable adaptation to the Desmosedici following his earlier struggles on the Honda RC213V.
The identification of his team-mate stays unclear, with brother and new-for-2024 team-mate Marc Marquez having been handed a promotion to the manufacturing unit Ducati outfit starting subsequent 12 months.
“Staying with Gresini was my foremost purpose,” stated Alex Marquez.
“Since I joined this crew, my goal has been to persistently get near the very best, and it is one thing I have never achieved but.
“The beginning of the season wasn’t what we hoped for, however the crew is robust and I do know the place we will go.
“So, I simply wish to thank Nadia [Padovani, Gresini Racing owner] for the belief, and I am certain we’ll quickly repay her with some celebratory pineapple pizza.”
Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Marquez left the Honda camp to hitch Gresini for the 2023 season and scored a podium in solely his second race weekend with the squad in Argentina.
He went on so as to add one other rostrum to his tally close to the top of the season in Malaysia, in addition to two dash wins at Silverstone and Sepang, to safe a career-best ninth within the championship.
Though Marquez hasn’t been in a position to declare a top-three spot thus far this 12 months on his year-old Ducati this 12 months, partly as a result of step the Borgo Panigale marque has made with the GP24, he has been inside the highest 10 in each grand prix he has completed thus far.
That has put him a decent tenth within the standings forward of this weekend’s German Grand Prix on 62 factors, simply behind the manufacturing unit Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro.
Mixed with elder brother Marc’s stellar begin to the 12 months, the Gresini squad sits a powerful third within the groups’ championship, trailing solely manufacturing unit Ducati and Pramac outfits.
Padovani stated: “Alex is our pupil. Since he joined two years in the past, the synergy between him and the crew has been unimaginable and has strengthened with every race.
“We all know his potential; he has already proven it and simply wants consistency. Renewing with him was an apparent transfer for us as a result of we’re conscious of his worth each on and off the observe.
“The outcomes will come this 12 months too, I’m completely sure of it.”