New Year’s Day marks the first day of Marquez’s contract with Gres𝔉ini Ducati, after the expiration of his Honda deal on December 31.

🃏He shone at the postseason test on a Ducati for the first time but was not allowed to speak about it until January, whe♛n his switch to his new team became official.

"I was nervous and there were butterflies 𒐪in my♒ stomach,” Marquez told DAZN.

“Even though I have been in the 💎championship for many years, it was a big change. 

“But afterwards I stayed calm, relaxed. I made the day calm🅰, relaxed, trying to understand myself with my new tec꧅hnical team and with my new motorcycle.

"In the end you jump onto the cha💟mpion bike, so it's in your hands. 

“The first was a day of adaptation to the positions. We changed things, becꦅause on some I don't feel completely comfortable, but the speed was there. 

"I understood the bike and🐷 how to manage things. I still have a lot to learn, maybe not to go faster, but to be more consistent and much safer.”

Marquez hinted about his⛄ Honda: "I don't like to compare motorcycles, especially in public. 

“It's a different▨ biꦚke, with a different riding style.

“Y🦩ou jump onto the champion bike and it's in your hands, because there are 🌼many riders who go fast on it.

"I was able to adapᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt faster than 💮expected because I immediately felt very good. 

“There was a lot of feeling and the time worked out witho꧂ut exaggeratedly looking for 🌟it. 

“In the test, at the end of🦄 the day we were able to put on new soft tyres and I also felt good.

"There are things to understand at the level of positions and communication with tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe team. 

“It is logical because I have been working with the same group for eleven years, but they have received me very well. It is a🙈ll very pleasant and this hel🔯ps me be more relaxed.”

Th🌺e official presentation of the 2024 Gresini Ducati team will be on January 20.

Ma💙rquez will return꧙ to the track on February 6-8 for the Sepang test.

He will partner his brother, Alex Marquez, this year after making one of the biggest moves ไin MotoGP history.

Marquez, the eight-time world champion, quit H🌄onda after t💞hree years of injuries and under-performance from his bike.

He will now ride a year-old Ducati (the same machine that Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin rode to fight for the 2023 title) and his rivals have already predicted that he will fig💛ht for the championship in 2024.

Gresini marked the first day of Marquez’s official contract by pos༒ting a photo of hi🌠m alongside his team in their colours.