The Ducati satellite tv for pc squad announced on Thursday forward of the Indonesian Grand Prix that it had signed eight-time world champion Marquez for 2024, ending weeks of hypothesis.
The trail to this transfer was paved final week when Honda revealed it had agreed to mutually half methods with Marquez with a yr left on his contract following a troublesome 2023 marketing campaign for each events.
Signing a one-year deal to race for Gresini, Marquez should depart most of his crew – together with long-time crew chief Santi Hernandez – behind at Honda, although he did affirm on Thursday that he’ll have the ability to take one mechanic with him.
On Friday on the Mandalika circuit talking to MotoGP’s world feed, Gresini sporting director Michele Masini confirmed Marquez will work with Carchedi subsequent yr.
Carchedi beforehand labored with Joan Mir at Suzuki, together with his championship yr in 2020, and has been Fabio Di Giannantonio’s crew chief this season.
Frankie Carchedi, Gresini Racing
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“Yeah, I affirm that Frankie Carchedi will his crew chief subsequent season,” Masini mentioned.
“We’re nonetheless speaking concerning the mechanics. For positive we are going to energy up the workforce with one determine extra.”
Autosport reported last week that Honda has given Marquez its blessing to check the Ducati in Valencia after the ultimate grand prix in November.
Masini says Gresini “nonetheless speaking” to iron out all the particulars with Honda, “however we’re hoping” the whole lot will fall into place to get Marquez on the bike within the post-race Valencia check.
Marquez made his first public look for the reason that announcement of his Gresini transfer on Thursday in Indonesia.
He known as leaving Honda “the hardest resolution of my life”, deciding to make the change solely final Tuesday having agonised over what to do.
He additionally famous that staying with Honda would have been “the easy solution”, however he wanted a brand new problem with a purpose to attempt to take pleasure in driving once more after a troublesome few years.
Marquez didn’t rule out the potential for returning to Honda sooner or later, stating that he hoped to “cross our futures again”.