2024 contacts. For those in the know

Hello all! I was hoping to potentially find out a little "inside info" (for those in the know).

I have recently been re watching the "There can be only one" series from MotoGp YouTube series. In episode 2 where it primarily focuses on the Marc Vs Martin battle for Factory Ducati contract, there's a clip of an interview with Marc where he's asked, if he doesn't get the factory ride, would he be "ok" with moving to the Pramac team?

He said categorically NO, because x, y, z.

If he hadn't gotten the factory Ducati, does anyone know who his 2nd option was? If he had one? Would he have retired? Was he talking to any other factory teams?

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