MotoGP Gossip: Pramac Ducati dismiss Miller, Petrucci 2020 swap

In the latest round-up of MotoGP Gossip, Pramac Ducati has played down a rumoured rider swap for 2020 while Giacomo Agostini feels Marc Marquez can beat his own world title record.

- Pramac Ducati team manager Francesco Guidotti dismisses rumours Jack Miller and Danilo Petrucci will swap places ahead of the 2020 MotoGP season. Miller has impressed since the summer break with three podium results while Petrucci has struggled having failed to finish in the top six across the same run of races. Both riders have already signed contracts for 2020. (Speedweek)

- Giacomo Agostini says Marc Marquez can surpass his record for most world titles. The iconic Italian’s 15 world championships has looked unbeatable but he is convinced Marquez has the potential to beat him after clinching his eighth world title with the 2019 MotoGP crown. (La Gazzetta Dello Sport)

- Newly crowned Moto2 world champion Alex Marquez says he isn’t thinking about moving up to MotoGP yet and is focusing on defending his world title in 2020. The younger Marquez brother has already signed to stay at Marc VDS in Moto2 for 2020. (GPone.com)

- Jorge Lorenzo feels he needs one-and-a-half months to regain full fitness during the winter having raced with ongoing injuries since joining Honda. (Speedweek)

- Marc Marquez insists he wants to stay at Repsol Honda “for many years” as he feels the team is his family. The 26-year-old has spent every year of his premier class career at Honda having been backed by Repsol since the start of his professional career. (Marca)