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Jaume Masia outclassed his rivals to pull away and win the inaugural Indian Moto3 race at Buddh.

Marc Marquez has played down the significance of comments by senior Ducati management suggesting the six-time MotoGP champion is indeed in talks for a shock switch to Gresini next season.

Jaume Masia handled everything thrown at him, mastering the new track, heat and rain for pole in qualifying for the Moto3 Indian Grand Prix as Daniel Holgado remained stuck in Q1.

Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti believes Gresini has an ‘opportunity’ to sign Marc Marquez for the 2024 MotoGP season and ‘are waiting for his decision’.

Marc Marquez has confirmed that Honda riders are divided over whether to race the 2024 prototype, after its debut at the recent Misano MotoGP test.

Not even eight-time world champion Marc Marquez has been able to avoid the Indian visa chaos suffered by many in the MotoGP paddock.

Another place on the 2024 MotoGP grid has been confirmed with Takaaki Nakagami remaining at LCR Honda.

Final (6pm) lap times from Monday’s official post-race MotoGP test at Misano.

Not for the first time, Marc Marquez appeared underwhelmed by his debut on a prototype Honda MotoGP machine.

Marc Marquez may have finished 13 seconds behind Misano MotoGP winner Jorge Martin, but he was still 21.7s faster than the next-best Honda for his best Sunday result of the year.

Marc Marquez rode a tactical MotoGP Sprint race at Misano, finishing in tenth place after avoiding battles and hooking a tow from faster riders to ‘escape’.

On the pace all weekend, Jaume Masia had the confidence to go it alone, and it paid off for pole in qualifying for the Moto3 San Marino Grand Prix in Misano.

Marc Marquez secures direct access to Qualifying 2 at Misano after hitching a tow behind former team-mate Dani Pedrosa during Friday practice for the San Marino MotoGP.

In 2021 Marc Marquez was asked about Valentino Rossi’s desire to continue racing in MotoGP, despite not winning for several seasons.

Another day and another chance for Marc Marquez to extinguish the speculation over his MotoGP future passes without clarification, further fuelling rumours of a shock switch to Gresini Ducati.

Marc Marquez was the top Honda rider on Friday in Catalunya, but with all four RCVs at the bottom of the timesheets the factory’s MotoGP woes were exposed for all to see.

Takaaki Nakagami is 99.9% sure he will remain at the LCR Honda team for a seventh MotoGP season.

With his first Sunday MotoGP points of the year finally in the bag, Marc Marquez will be hoping his ‘calm approach’ now brings his first home Catalunya points since 2019 this weekend.

Increased Honda support could have made it a harder decision but Alex Rins switching from the satellite LCR team to the factory Yamaha MotoGP project for 2024 wasn’t a surprise for Simon Crafar.

Johann Zarco has no doubt that Marc Marquez ‘remains an incredible rider’ and will win again in MotoGP ‘as soon as the bike is better’.

Having experienced the reality of life as a satellite MotoGP rider, Alex Rins admitted it was ‘not so difficult’ to sign with Monster Yamaha for 2024.

Returning to the MotoGP paddock for the first time since fracturing his right tibia and fibula in May, Alex Rins gave an update on his injuries in Austria.

“Good luck! I say that with all respect” - that was Alex Marquez’s response to the news that Johann Zarco is leaving Ducati for Honda in MotoGP next season.

Marc Marquez would 'welcome' the Ducati experience Johann Zarco can bring to Honda in MotoGP next season, but warned Alex Rins and Joan Mir also came from a good bike and that the RCV's main weakness is already known.