Ducati has chosen Marco Rigamonti as Marc Marquez’s crew chief for his transfer to the manufacturing facility MotoGP workforce in 2025, Autosport has discovered.
The Lombardy-born technician, who’s at the moment Enea Bastianini’s crew chief, will likely be in command of managing the workforce that may work on the Desmosedici GP25 with which Marquez will compete in 2025.
Earlier than sitting within the nook of Bastianini’s storage the final two seasons, Rigamonti additionally labored at Suzuki with Andrea Iannone in 2017 and 2018, earlier than returning to the Ducati with Pramac to be Johann Zarco’s crew chief.
Final weekend, at Assen, Marquez appeared publicly for the primary time after Ducati introduced following the Italian GP that it had opted for him over Jorge Martin as Francesco Bagnaia’s new team-mate within the Bolognese firm’s manufacturing facility construction.
The Catalan then revealed that Javi Ortiz, the one mechanic he took with him to Gresini from his earlier stint at Honda and with whom he has a detailed relationship, may even observe him to the manufacturing facility Ducati team.
Autosport understands that Mattia Sereni, his present electronics engineer and one of many Gresini members of the Ducati workers, may even observe him.
Ducati has already instructed Rigamonti what his new duties will likely be as soon as Marquez assumes the function of manufacturing facility rider, presumably on the check that follows the ultimate spherical of the season in Valencia.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Since becoming a member of Gresini following his departure from Honda, Marquez has been working with Frankie Carchedi, the engineer who helped Joan Mir develop into world champion with Suzuki in 2020.
Carchedi is contracted straight with the Faenza-based outfit.
“The folks in cost at Ducati would be the first to put the folks they think about to be probably the most appropriate for me, with the intention to make sure that my efficiency is the absolute best,” Marquez stated at Assen.
This end result places an finish to rumours that the Spaniard might be reunited with Santi Hernandez, his technical supervisor for seven of the eight world titles Marquez has received.
Hernandez will most probably proceed alongside Joan Mir within the official Honda storage, with Mir set to agree a two-year contract extension.