Gresini Racing’s sales and marketing director, Carlo Merini, spoke to AS about how lucky the Ducati satellite team is to have a rider like Marc Márquez.
Merini spoke first about the surprise it was when Marc chose the Gresini Racing team.
– We were surprised by what happened last year. The planets aligned so that Marc could end up in our team and he did. I think Álex did a good job of promoting the team in this sense, not on a technical level, but so that Marc would understand that we are a family (and the two brothers underlined this with a song dedicated to the Gresini team).
He then spoke about the Spanish driver’s one-year contract option: ‘He asked for a one-year contract and that was enough for us. If it’s a story that only lasts a year, we’re happy and grateful that he chose Gresini in this time of transition. If the story continued, it would be another dream, but it’s Marc’s decision and we have to enjoy every day.