Nadia Padovani reveals what Marc Marquez was suspended for while riding for Gresini.
33-year-old Marquez He is a seven-time MotoGP World Champion, winning the title in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2025.
In the year The Spaniard rode for Honda from 2013 to 2023 before joining the Ducati family in 2024.
Ahead of the 2024 campaign, it was announced that Marquez would race for Ducati’s satellite team Gresini.
Marquez represented Gresini for one season before moving to the Ducati factory team in 2025, finishing third in the standings.
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Nadia Padovani reveals why Marc Marquez was banned from working at Gresini.
Remembering the time when she planned to sign Marquez as the team boss for Gresini Padovani She admits she was ‘scared’.
Padovani said she doesn’t have a Plan B. MarquezHis move fails, and she explains to the Spaniard that he will not be allowed to bring his own secrets to the group.
As reported Speed ​​weekPadovani said: “There are no riders left on the market in October. We were worried that we wouldn’t find a rider, there was no (Plan B), none. It had to happen. I believed it would work, and it did.”
“I asked team coordinator Michel Massini if ​​we could manage this type of rider. I was scared. I don’t want to live with the accusation that we fired him.
We said, “This is our team, it’s well established, we feel comfortable together. You can’t come in and change the system.”
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Padovani explained the joke Gresini He played against Marquez during his first photo shoot with the team.
A fake spider says Marquez got into one of his racing suits in his pants leg.
Padovani said: “As a welcome gift, they stuffed a fake spider up one of his trouser legs.
“When he was wearing a suit with the Gresini racing logo, he looked at me and said, ‘Now it’s not fopppppppppppppppppppppppppp, now our story begins.’
When Padovani was asked what was special about Marquez, the Spaniard offered the team ‘a lot of information’ and praised his ability to drive ‘beyond the limit’.
She added: “It was a master class for us. It gave me a lot of information and I will pass this information on to all the drivers who come to us.”
He spins beyond human capacity. There are only a handful of riders like him. This is the toughest quality in our sport and its greatest strength.
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