MotoGP star Marc Marquez has stated he feels “reborn” after a yr working at Gresini and has thanked the squad for enjoying an vital function in his profession.
Having left Honda with a yr left on his contract on the finish of 2023, Marquez discovered new life at Ducati’s satellite tv for pc workforce Gresini this season regardless of having to make do with the outdated GP23 bike.
Though the preliminary adaptation curve was steep, the Spaniard was instantly fast when the brand new season began in March, choosing up tempo after the summer season break to assert three victories and finish the yr third within the standings.
His early-season outcomes performed an vital function in serving to him land a factory seat at Ducati from 2025, and he’s now poised to battle for the championship subsequent season for the primary time in 5 years.
Marquez stated he wanted a pleasant setting to get well from a troublesome finish to his 11-year stint at Honda, which was hampered by each a career-altering harm and an uncompetitive bike.
“Gresini turned a brilliant vital workforce in my profession solely in a single yr and I discovered the right environment to [be] reborn, like they are saying on social media, to really feel once more that I am aggressive,” stated Marquez.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing, Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“I discovered the right household, excellent environment with my brother [Alex] as a team-mate, with the workforce. They have been all the time working in the identical manner. It is a workforce that’s tremendous skilled and you’ll obtain what you need with this workforce.”
Run by Nadia Padovani, the spouse of late founder and former rider Fausto Gresini, Gresini Racing is an unbiased workforce that receives little in the way in which of manufacturing facility assist from Ducati in comparison with Pramac and VR46.
However it’s the workforce’s small-scale nature that Marquez believes was essential in revitalising his profession, having beforehand labored within the extra company setting of an organization as huge as Honda.
“Being on a satellite tv for pc workforce jogged my memory concerning the ardour of motorbikes,” he added. “After all, in Honda, I had my associates there and I had an excellent workforce.
“However the reality is, in a manufacturing facility workforce, every little thing is a little more critical. So this one [Gresini] is a little more informal, extra acquainted.
Marc Marquez, Ducati Crew
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“It reminds you extra, after all, in one other manner, like a Moto2 workforce once I was there. You converse with the boss of the workforce, so that you converse to those that take the ultimate resolution.
“You may go to Nadia on this case and converse along with her. I believe ‘this’ and [she says] ‘okay, we go forward’.
“And naturally an important factor is that they’ve the bike. [In a] satellite tv for pc workforce with an excellent bike, you may obtain superb issues as I did this yr, as different riders did the earlier years with Gresini.
“They’ve a really lengthy historical past and a really lengthy expertise in managing completely different sorts of conditions.”
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