Marc Marquez didn’t bring inner-circle to Gresini: “You can’t destroy a family”

Marc Marquez oꦚpens upꦑ on the decision to leave Santi Hernandez and co at Honda

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

Mar💫c Marquez has shed light on why only a single engineer followed him from Honda to Gresini.

His switch from MotoGP juggernaut Repsol Honda to one of the paddock’s smaller teams will define♕ the next chapter of his esteemed career.

Javi Ortiz is the sole engineer to makꦐe the move alongside M🥂arquez - even his long-time crew chief Santi Hernandez remained at Honda.

A new documentary h𒐪as revealed a much different ꦑteam dynamic that Marquez is entering.

Nadia Padovani, Gresiniꩵ team owner, told : "My husband Fausto 🅷would be super happy about all this.

“Because although he, like us, did not🅷 imagine that a day like today could come, in wh🎀ich Marc would be part of our family, he would surely be very proud and very happy."

Marquez added: "For Nadia and her entire family it is very important that I am on their 🌱team, beca🐬use Fausto flattered me a lot.”

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Fausto Gresini, the team founder, died in 2021.

His wife, Nadia, is now in charge.

Michel💜e Masini, Gresini sporting director, said: "I always think, every day, I try to remember everything that (Fausto) has taught us, because I think he is the living part of this team."

Nadia ad𒊎ded: "We are a family at heart, we always try to be well.

“Psychologically we don't want to put more pressure 🐭on the riders , we are always av🧸ailable for anything.”

This goes some way into explaining why Marquez did not want to overwhelm his new, family tea🐻m with🌞 the high-profile inner-circle which surrounded him since his glory days at Honda.

"Nor does my influence within the box have to change that Gresini family,” Marquez insisted. “That is the reason why I have brought one of the membꦐer🐈s of my Repsol team to Gresini, but not the entire team.

“Because they ha♋ve their family, their environmeꩵnt.

“By changing a rider you cannot destroy thatꩲ family, I have to adapt to it."

Marquez’s new crew chief will be Frankie Carchedi,𒀰 who worked with Fabio di Giannantonio🔯 last season at Gresini.

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