Ducati picks MotoGP crew chief for Marquez’s factory step in 2025

Ducati has chosen Marco Rigamonti as Marc Marquez’s crew chief for his transfer to the manufacturing unit MotoGP crew in 2025, Motorsport.com has discovered.

The Lombardy-born technician, who’s presently Enea Bastianini’s crew chief, will likely be in control of managing the crew that can 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 after the Italian GP that it had opted for him over Jorge Martin within the battle to be Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate within the Bolognese firm’s manufacturing unit 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, will even observe him to the manufacturing unit Ducati team.

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing

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Motorsport.com understands that Mattia Sereni, his present electronics engineer and one of many Gresini members of the Ducati employees, will even observe him.

Ducati has already informed Rigamonti what his new duties will likely be as soon as Marquez assumes the function of manufacturing unit rider, presumably on the check after the ultimate spherical of the season in Valencia.

Since becoming a member of Gresini following his departure from Honda, Marquez has been working with Frankie Carchedi, the engineer who helped Joan Mir turn into world champion with Suzuki in 2020.

Carchedi is contracted immediately with the Faenza-based outfit.

“The individuals in cost at Ducati would be the first to position the individuals they contemplate to be probably the most appropriate for me, with the intention to be sure that my efficiency is the very best,” Marquez stated at Assen.

This end result places an finish to rumours that the Spaniard might be reunited with Santi Hernandez, who was his technical supervisor for seven of the eight world titles he has gained, and who will almost definitely proceed alongside Joan Mir within the official Honda storage.