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

Marc Marquez opens up on the decision to leave Santi Hernandez and🧸 co at Honda

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez has shed light on why only a single engineer follo🎀wed him from Hondꩵa to Gresini.

His switch﷽ from MotoGP juggernaut Repso♊l 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 make the 🔯move alongside Marquez - even his long-time crew chief Santi Hernandez rema🍬ined at Honda.

A new doc🌺umentary ♍has revealed a much different team dynamic that Marquez is entering.

Nadia Padovani, Gr꧋esini 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 which Marc would be part of o🥂ur family, he would surely be very proud and v🌠ery happy."

Marquez added: "For Nadia and her ent🎐ire family it is very important that I am on their team, because Fausto flattered me a lot.”

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Fausto Gresini, the team founder, died in 2021.

His wife, Nadia, is now in charge.

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

Nadia added: 𝓰"We are a family at heart, we al🐼ways try to be well.

“Psychologically we don't want to put more pressure on the ridersไ , we are always available for anꦡything.”

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

"Nor does my infᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚluence within the box have t🌱o change that Gresini family,” Marquez insisted. “That is the reason why I have brought one of the members of my Repsol team to Gresini, but not the entire team.

“Because they have t🧜heir famiꦅly, their environment.

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

Marquez’s new crew chief will be Frankie C♏archedi, who worked with Fabio di Giannantonio last season at Gresini.

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