The Gresini MotoGP team held their 2024 team intro last weekend. They debuted the Ducati GP23 GP24 that the Marquez brothers will race this season in MotoGP.

Fausto's widow has taken a much more public role in the Gresini squad than her late husband who would sooner spend $5k on dancers as he would go chop wood with an axe while blindfolded.

The expectation was that with the star-power of MotoGP legend Marc Marquez on the team that the Gresini team could easily snag a giant sponsor for 2024. Instead it's the same sponsors from last year and with the same very tired paint scheme.

Italians are renown for their artistry dating back thousands of years. Sadly it seems the Gresini team didn't get the memo.

Everyone has a photograph from their youth that becomes the bane of their life. Even though you destroy every copy you can find, somehow a copy pops up at inopportune moments for the rest of your days, and always sparks loud gales of laughter and questions of 'what were you thinking??!'. For Marc Marquez, this is that photo.

The box with the cables on the top exhaust muffler is an EXUP-style valve system. The green thing next to the steering damper is potentiometer. The thing on top of the seat is a carbon-based life form.

'What? Marry you both?! But I'm old enough to be your grandmo ... I mean mother ... but yes, I accept.

It works but man it ain't pretty in any form. The 2024 Ducati GP23/24. If Leonardo da Vinci saw this he'd probably decide to go for a long walk.

Marc has said that the only time he feels alive and is happy is when he is on the bike and pushing. As Steve McQueen said, 'Anything before or after is just waiting.'

Insert your own 'Marionette' caption for this one.

You don't need to tell MM93 that if he wins just one Grand Prix on the Ducati it will give his fans one more reason to razz Rossi fans. Rossi spent multiple years on the Ducati and never won a Grand Prix.

There's been rumors for months that MM93's ex-Red Bull manager would have Marc's Gresini bike slathered with the Austrian sports drink's logo. "No dice" as Chuck Bronson used to say.

Alex grew up with his brother teasing him and calling him a pussy (chocho). When they review races together Marc constantly criticizes Alex. 'Why didn't you just pass him?! WHY ARE YOU WAITING?' So 2024 can finally be the year that Alex can shut Marc's mouth or man-oh-man it's going to be pain.

There is undeniably some kind of 'separated at birth' thing happening with Alex Marquez and Colin Edwards II.

If you're running the GP24 down to the fillin' station for some gasoline you best bring some tools.

Hi. I'm walking around the neighborhood telling people that their car's warranty may have expired. Can I come in?