Marc Márquez has forced Ducati into making a very difficult decision: staying with Jorge Martín and losing him, or promoting him and see Martín leave. The decision was made and Frankie Carchedi believes that the spaniard from Gresini Racing knew how to set everything, when the manufacturer had another ideas.
The former Crew Chief of Jorge Lorenzo, Maverick Viñales or Franco Morbidelli is still very aware of what is going on in MotoGP, and came to comment the moves from Ducati, speaking about the matter on Mundo Deportivo.
Asked if the way Ducati has dealt with the issue was the most correct, Forcada replied: ‘I don’t know the correct one, but perhaps not the desired one. They had other plans. This I know. The thing is, those plans were very difficult and they knew it. They talked about what they wanted to try, but they knew it was complicated. Because there are many things at stake, there are many egos at stake. There is the best bike on the grid up for grabs’.
The main idea from the manufacturer was to stay with both Márquez and Martín, je is certain, but is didn’t happened that way… because of the #93: ‘The intention was to stay with Pecco with Marc Márquez and Martín. It has not been possible a bit because of the play of Marc, who has played his cards really well and is the one who has set the times. Ducati has adapted to the times that Marc has set’.
With the future of many riders already set for 2025, among them Márquez, Bagnaia, Martín, and more, Forcada was asked about how important it is for the riders to have this sense of security towards what is to come next:
– It doesn’t change much because the pilots are a little autistic in the good sense of the word. The moment they are on the bike, they forget everything there is. There is no rider capable of braking like[Enea] Bastianini’s in Mugello thinking about his future. If you look at Mugello, in Pecco’s victory there were nine tenths from the slowest lap to the fastest lap. You can’t do these times and be thinking about other things. Marc’s was one second.
And continued: ‘Another thing is when you are off the bike, there you will have your records and you will have to decide many things and think and search and try. But that’s what managers have for. He is the one who will be in charge of offering you the possibilities. You will only have to choose, you will not have to negotiate. Negotiating is tiring. Everything is very professionalized. The rider plays the rider. There’s no time to think’.
