The 2024 MotoGP season promises to be interesting and exciting, thanks to the market news that has slightly shifted the balance of the starting grid during the recently concluded championship. The main movement certainly concerns Marc Marquez's farewell to Honda and his consequent arrival in the Gresini team. This sparked a chain reaction that inevitably led to several major changes.
But in the waltz of the teams there are not only the drivers: within the team the technical chief plays a fundamental role and often a relationship is established between the two parties which becomes a winning combination. With the changes of jersey, many will have to start from scratch. Once again, the most important change concerns Marquez, who will leave his technical staff led by Santi Hernandez at Honda. This will be inherited by Joan Mir, while Marc will find in Gresini Frankie Carchedi, former technical chief of Fabio Di Giannantonio (and also of Mir himself at the time of Suzuki).
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Luca Marini, who takes over from Marc in HRC, will work closely with Giacomo Guidotti, leaving David Munoz to Fabio Di Giannantonio, who replaces him in the VR46 team. Many changes also for Franco Morbidelli, who inherits Johann Zarco's staff led by Massimo Branchini, while the Frenchman LCR will compete directly with David Garcia. Alex Rins arrives at Yamaha and will be with Patrick Primmer, while Paul Trevathan will sit alongside Pedro Acosta, rookie in MotoGP with the KTM of the GASGAS team.
Below is a summary table of the confirmations and news regarding the technical chiefs of the MotoGP riders for 2024 (the new rider-chief crew pairs are marked in bold).
PILOT |
CHIEF TECHNICIAN |
TEAM |
Francesco Bagnaia |
Christian Gabarrini |
Ducati Lenovo Team |
Enea Bastianini |
Marco Rigamonti |
Ducati Lenovo Team |
Jorge Martin |
Daniele Romagnoli |
First Pramac Racing |
Franco Morbidelli |
Massimo Branchini |
First Pramac Racing |
Marco Bezzecchi |
Matteo Flamigni |
Pertamina Enduro VR46 MotoGP Team |
Fabio Di Giannantonio |
David Munoz |
Pertamina Enduro VR46 MotoGP Team |
Alex Marquez |
Donatello Giovanotti |
Gresini Racing MotoGP |
Marc Marquez |
Frankie Carchedi |
Gresini Racing MotoGP |
Brad Binder |
Andres Madrid |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
Jack Miller |
Christian Pupullin |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
Augusto Fernandez |
Alex Merhand |
GASGAS Factory Racing Tech 3 |
Pedro Acosta |
Paul Trevathan |
GASGAS Factory Racing Tech 3 |
Aleix Espargaro |
Antonio Jimenex |
Aprilia Racing |
Maverick Viñales |
Manu Cazeaux |
Aprilia Racing |
Miguel Oliveira |
Giovanni Mattarollo |
Aprilia Racing Independent Team |
Raul Fernandez |
Noe Herrera |
Aprilia Racing Independent Team |
Fabio Quartararo |
Diego Gubellini |
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team |
Alex Rins |
Patrick Primmer |
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team |
Joan Mir |
Santi Hernández |
Repsol Honda Team |
Luca Marini |
Giacomo Guidotti |
Repsol Honda Team |
Johann Zarco |
David Garcia |
CASTROL Honda LCR |
Takaaki Nakagami |
Klaus Nohles |
Idemitsu Honda LCR |
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