Marc Marquez says he ‘doesn’t really feel responsible’ about Pramac leaving Ducati for Yamaha for the 2025 MotoGP season as a result of he feels “I didn’t do something”.
On Friday afternoon on the Dutch Grand Prix, Pramac confirmed Autosport’s earlier reports that it would be ditching Ducati for Yamaha from 2025.
The transfer comes within the wake of Ducati’s choice to advertise Marc Marquez to the manufacturing facility workforce subsequent yr after the Spaniard refused a works bike at Pramac.
With Jorge Martin leaving for Aprilia, Ducati’s choice to advertise Marquez was prone to result in Pramac signing a cope with Yamaha.
However Marquez – who was sixth-fastest on Friday at Assen – believes his personal future plans have had nothing to do with this.
“I do not really feel responsible about Pramac leaving Ducati, as a result of I did not do something,” he stated.
“It’s true that as a Ducati rider I might have appreciated them to proceed, as a result of it will be two extra bikes on observe, extra info and it is a vital workforce inside Ducati.
“As a MotoGP fan I believe it’s excellent news. On the one hand, selfishly talking, I choose two extra Ducati on observe, however as a fan it was the conventional step, that one of many Ducati groups would go together with Yamaha, for the championship to have 4 Japanese bikes, two Italian bikes much less on observe.
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
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“It opens extra choices to different producers, sponsors…”
Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo has been pushing the Japanese marque to discover a new satellite tv for pc workforce, having been with out one because the finish of 2022.
The 2021 world champion says he has spent the previous couple of months persuading Pramac to make the swap and feels it is going to be “an enormous assist” to Yamaha in 2025.
“I believe one of many causes that we signed additionally with Yamaha was this was one thing actually vital for us,” he stated, referring to his personal two-year extension with Yamaha.
“It’s just a few months I’m pushing with the Pramac workforce that they’ve to come back with us, and at last at the moment it’s official.
“It’s going to be an enormous assist for us sooner or later.
“Additionally final yr they gained the groups’ title, in order that we’ve got one of the skilled groups within the paddock is admittedly vital.”