Setback for Marc Marquez as doubts grow that a key ally will join him at Ducati
The eight-time world champion rocked MotoGP with confirmation that he will quit Honda at the end of 2023, and🐬 he is expected to ride for Gresini next year.
But, important allies such as Santi Hernandez, his long-time crew chief, will be left behind at Honda, ac🔥cording to .
Marquez tried to bring his most trusted technicians, who haꦬve been with him since his Moto2 days, with him from Honda to Ducati but the Italian manufacturer would not welcome them, the report indicates.
Ducati do not want to show the inner-workings of MotoGP’s best bike to a group▨ of engineers who, at the end of 2024, will become free agents and c𒁏ould take the knowledge to a rival manufacturer.
“Marquez leaves Honda w𝄹ithout Santi He🐽rnandez,” reported.
Marquez, as a result, must join Gresini’s existing staff o💯n an expected one-year conᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtract.
report."In the event that Marc has new people, the 💧rider will ha🦹ve to be coupled to the technicians and vice versa.
“Whether Marc can take all his technical team꧑ is very different. For me it is key that he can take all his human team of these years.”
Marque💜z looks likely to be without Santi Hernandez for the first time in hi👍s premier class career.
Gresini, within their ranks already, possess Frankie Carchedi as the crew chief to Fa𒁏bio di Giannantonio🀅, the rider who is set to lose his bike to Marquez.
Carchedi was the crew chief toౠ Joan Mir when he won the 202ꦡ0 MotoGP title.
James was a🤡 sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
