2023-10-13 12:29:23
Marc Márquez will inherit the technical team that Fabio Di Giannantonio left at Gresini Racing, and he will not take with him the human group that has accompanied him since Moto2. It was another of the details of the transfer of the 93 to the Italian squad governed by Nadia Padovani, and that has finally been settled against the Cervera pilot, who will no longer have Santi Hernández at his side.
Hernández is, and will be until the end of the season, Marc Márquez’s track engineer. He has been for more than a decade, but his professional relationship will have to distance itself due to Gresini’s signing in ’93. In fact, Marc will only be able to take a Honda mechanic, Javi Ortiz, with him.
It was Michelle Masini, director of the MotoGP project at Gresini, who confirmed to DAZN that the Cervera rider will inherit Di Giannantonio’s technical team. That means that Leading the staff will be Frankie Carchedi as chief mechanic.
“Exactly“, he said into the microphone when he was told that Marc will not bring his team to the Italian structure. And he continues: “One of the commitments is that When there is a technical package with Ducati that works, we believe that the human part is what really makes the difference. If the pilot is comfortable, he will give his maximum”.
Carchedi is not new to working with Spaniards. The Italian found refuge at Gresini, but before that, he was with Joan Mir at Suzuki. He precisely has a good track record behind him, Well, he was the one who directed the technical part of the Balearic boxing when he was world champion in 2020.
For Marc Márquez it is a blow to get rid of one of the trusted people who have been by 93’s side for more than 10 years. “It will be strange for me to stop at the box and see the face of someone other than Santi Hernández, It will be very strange, but in life there are changes and you have to adapt”, said this Friday 93 about his farewell to Hernández.
Regarding Carchedi, his future technical boss, Marc valued that “He is a great technician, with a lot of experience, world champion with Joan Mir and your commitment will be maximum. We immediately have to adapt to understand each other and get the best possible results.”, he commented on the future collaboration with the Italian.
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Along with the new track engineer, Marc will also have a cast of new mechanics who will not move from Gresini. The pilot could be collaborating with them from this very 2023, when in the official test that will be held in Cheste after the final culmination, Honda may give Márquez permission to ride the Desmosedici GP23 for the first time and before ending his contract in 2024.
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