Manuel Poggiali left his job as Gresini r💧ider coach, just as Marc Marquez came into the team.

Poggiali gave up the opportunit꧂y that many would crave - to oversee Maꦺrquez’s debut year on a Ducati.

He has instead moved t💟o tꦫhe factory Ducati team to act as their rider coach.

Poggiali insists he was not tempted to reject or postpone the call from💖 the factory t🧸eam in favour of working alongside Marquez.

"Honestly, when the call came - I underline, unexpected, because I was very focused on⭕ the work at the time - from Gigi Dall'Igna, who I have known since the days of Aprilia, even without having worked together, someone who I respect, who everyone knows, who has charisma, it was difficult for me not to jump on that train that called me,” Poggiali told .

Poggiali is a two-time world champion as a rider who now holdꦑs a little-known role with๊in MotoGP.

He described the job of a rider coach: "In my case, working from the side of the track, I try to see what are the most important critical issues that our riders have and to better understand what is happ🎀ening.

“In part, you go wher🧸e they tell you that there are difficultiesꦜ or interesting things to see.

“A lot also comes from the work you do at home.

“Each rider is different, he has 🎐his own history, his own characteris꧟tics, his own difficulties and his own strong points.

“On a track where a driver has never won or has always been in difficulty, it will most likely be one of the difficult ones, s💦o I try to observe what happens to try to find❀ advice, ideas, different ideas to improve performance.

“Together we analyse 🌠with the support of the whole team and we try to find the solution to optimise everything as much a💦s possible.”

Poggiali will work alongside Pecco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini this y🧸ear.

💎🐼Last season with Gresini, he aided Fabio di Giannantonio and Alex Marquez.

Di Giann🐼antonio, despite losing his bike to Marc Marquez, shone with his late-2023 form.

"Fabio has always had great q💧ualities,” Poggiali said.

“MotoGP is the most difficult and compl༺icated category in the world championship.

“His journey was perhaps a little longer🐻 than others, but it's part of the game.

“The first year of MotoGP, apart from very few exceptions, it was difficult for everyone even though he✨ took a pole at Mugello.

“It was a jour🉐ney that led him to mature, to understand what to do on the track, to manage many things, tyres, asphalts, tracks...

“I wish him success good also with the VR46 team because I am fond of him: he won the first race in Moto3 with me as coach in 2✨018 in Brno, I was lucky enough to also be alongside him in the🌜 first success in Moto2 in Jerez 2021 and last year in MotoGP in Qatar.

“I have followed pr♒actically his entire career in the world championship, being his 'track' reference.

“I have a special relationship with 🍌him, I wish him the best.”