MotoGP star Marc Marquez has mentioned he feels “reborn” after a 12 months working at Gresini and has thanked the squad for taking part in an essential position in his profession.
Having left Honda with a 12 months left on his contract on the finish of 2023, Marquez discovered new life at Ducati’s satellite tv for pc staff Gresini this season regardless of having to make do with the outdated GP23 bike.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, selecting up tempo after the summer time break to say three victories and finish the 12 months third within the standings.
His early-season outcomes performed an essential position 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 mentioned he wanted a pleasant surroundings to get better 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 grew to become a brilliant essential staff in my profession solely in a single 12 months and I discovered the proper environment to [be] reborn, like they are saying on social media, to really feel once more that I am aggressive,” mentioned Marquez.
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“I discovered the proper household, good environment with my brother [Alex] as a team-mate, with the staff. They had been at all times working in the identical method. It is a staff that’s tremendous skilled and you may obtain what you need with this staff.”
Run by Nadia Padovani, the spouse of late founder and former rider Fausto Gresini, Gresini Racing is an unbiased staff that receives little in the way in which of manufacturing unit help from Ducati in comparison with Pramac and VR46.
However it’s the staff’s small-scale nature that Marquez believes was essential in revitalising his profession, having beforehand labored within the extra company surroundings of an organization as massive as Honda.
“Being on a satellite tv for pc staff jogged my memory in regards to the ardour of motorbikes,” he added. “In fact, in Honda, I had my associates there and I had an excellent staff.
“However the reality is, in a manufacturing unit staff, every little thing is a little more severe. So this one [Gresini] is a little more informal, extra acquainted.
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“It reminds you extra, in fact, in one other method, like a Moto2 staff once I was there. You communicate with the boss of the staff, so that you communicate to those that take the ultimate resolution.
“You may go to Nadia on this case and communicate together with her. I believe ‘this’ and [she says] ‘okay, we go forward’.
“And naturally crucial factor is that they’ve the bike. [In a] satellite tv for pc staff with a very good bike, you possibly can obtain superb issues as I did this 12 months, as different riders did the earlier years with Gresini.
“They’ve a really lengthy historical past and a really lengthy expertise in managing totally different sorts of conditions.”