Marc Marquez has explained how the presence of Gigi Dall’Igna is fundamental to his signing for Ducati.
Marquez’s arrival to the official team in 2025 means Ducati have an all-star rider line-up led by an engineer extraordinaire.
Marquez demanded to know if Dall’Igna was committed to staying at Ducati before he signed his new contract.
“With Gigi we have always had a very direct and very sincere relationship,” he told AS.
“I am in Ducati because of Gigi Dall’Igna. He is the engineer who has won what he has touched.
“One of the phrases that I say to him when we startED talking is: ‘For me the most important thing about ‘25 and ‘26 is that you are still at Ducati, right?
“‘Because if not we don’t even need to sit down’.
“Why? Because it’s the Corse department.
“When you are already within the Ducati family you will get to feel the colours, but you can’t do it before.
“You feel them afterwards, not before entering.
“According to him, they have been guided only by what they have seen on the track, with progression and with the ability to improve in the future.”
Marquez was asked what he might have done, if Dall’Igna did not intend to stay at Ducati.
“It depends,” he answered.
