Marc Márquez joined the Gresini team in MotoGP this season. The arrival of a rider of this caliber could have meant a radical change, but that was not what the team led by Nadia Padovani intended.
Carlo Merlini, commercial director of Gresini, explained to the website SPEEDWEEK.com that they wanted to maintain the identity and sponsors that were already in the project, adding new ones:
– We didn’t want to lose our identity. We didn’t want to make a radical change just because Marc joined us. If he leaves… our main concern, our focus, was to keep the existing sponsors and some more joined the family. Overall, we are happy with the sponsors we have. From a financial point of view, the team is very, very well secured.
