Rossi’s 🍨brother Marini is set to replace Marquez, who will go to Gresini Ducati, at Repsol Honda in 2024.

Marquez and Rossi’s feud is still alive - but the eight-time world champion is not resent🌠ful of his enemy’s sibling taking the seat that he has enjoyed so much success on.

"You have to diffe♛rentiate things,” Marquez told about his differing feelings towards Rossi and Marini.🦩 

“And in the end with Luca Marin💮i I have always had a very respectful, very cordial relationship.

“We have gotten along well and we have talked.”

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There are parallels between VR46 rider Marini and Alex Marquez, both bearing the heavy weight of a surname associated with a more🍒 successful brother.

Marquez said: “I said that 🍬you have to know how to differentiꦡate things.

“My rivalry with Valentino is no secret in the past, but to the question of whether I was surprised that Marini took my p🐓lace… if a rider goes fast and he deserves ꦬit... 

“My brother, who was Moto2 world champion and he deserved to go up to Moto𒐪GP, it doesn't matter what name or surname you have. 

“Each one has their style, they have their characteౠr and their style of riding on the track and that has to be completely differentiated.”

Marquez ad﷽mitted that he expected another heavily-linked name to get 𓆏the nod for the vacant Repsol Honda seat.

He said about Marini: “Well, I think that in the end he is a young rider, he is a rider with experience on a Ducati, which right now seemಞs t✨o be the best bike on the grid for the results. 

“We'll see, because there apparently Fabio di Giannantonio soun꧑ded more [likely to go] there, but in the end 🌳Honda will know the strategy it has."