Marquez is within the penultimate yr of a four-season cope with Honda, which he signed in the beginning of 2020 previous to struggling the badly damaged proper arm that will derail his profession.
The eight-time world champion – who received six MotoGP titles in seven years between 2013 and 2019 – has made it clear that his want is to stay with Honda, however will look exterior of the Japanese marque if it doesn’t give him the bike he must struggle for extra crowns.
This comes as Honda seems to be to engineer its approach out of its second winless marketing campaign in three years in 2022, with pre-season testing to date revealing HRC is a good distance from being aggressive.
For years, Marquez has been ceaselessly linked to rival producers, however it appears now the door – at the least for now – is shut on him ever driving for Ducati.
Talking completely to Autosport’s Spanish language sister web site Motorsport.es, Ciabatti says Ducati would fortunately focus on a possible future with Marquez ought to he enquire – however feels its present secure of younger riders, which incorporates 2022 champion Francesco Bagnaia, means the Spaniard doesn’t match into the equation.
“It’s not that Ducati doesn’t want an ‘extra-terrestrial’ like Marc; it’s that Ducati already has its personal,” Ciabatti stated.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Group
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“Just one [rider] received the world championship, main greater than 270 laps, with greater than 200 [points] forward of second, which was [Fabio] Quartararo.
“By no means say by no means, however Marquez is 30 years {old} and we now have riders 5 and 6 years youthful, with room for progress.
“I don’t suppose Ducati wants Marc, and I say that with the utmost respect.
“We have already got sufficient riders who’re wanting to make it to the manufacturing facility staff with out enthusiastic about signing him.
“Clearly, if he calls us tomorrow to ask for a gathering, we received’t dangle up on him.
“However the time for Marc to signal for Ducati was a number of years in the past, now it’s now not the case.”
Marquez’s youthful brother Alex Marquez will probably be a Ducati rider in 2023, with the double podium finisher transferring from LCR Honda to Gresini.