{"id":97447,"date":"2019-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/giacomo-guidotti-marc-marquez-is-serious-candidate-at-mugello\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T07:18:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:18:34","slug":"giacomo-guidotti-marc-marquez-is-serious-candidate-at-mugello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/motogp-en\/giacomo-guidotti-marc-marquez-is-serious-candidate-at-mugello\/","title":{"rendered":"Giacomo Guidotti \u201cMarc Marqu\u00e9z is a serious candidate at Mugello.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MotoGP World Championship comes to Italy this weekend<\/a>, for the sixth round of the season. With three victories and a second position from five races, Marc M\u00e1rquez arrives leading the overall standings<\/strong>, whilst Jorge Lorenzo took the victory at Mugello a year ago. Giacomo Guidotti, a paddock veteran who spent the last two years working with Dani Pedrosa in the Repsol Honda Team, gives his thoughts on their prospects for the weekend.<\/p>\n

[Question] What does it mean to work in the Repsol Honda Team garage, with the most successful team of recent times, with a factory like Honda and a competition department like HRC?<\/p>\n

[Answer]<\/strong> They were two very intense years, in which we had highs and lows in terms of results, but they were important times professionally speaking. I had to learn the way HRC works and also look after Dani Pedrosa in the box, at a very particular moment of his career. I consider that this time marked a very big step forward in terms of my personal growth.<\/em><\/p>\n

[Q] What working philosophy did you encounter when you joined the Repsol Honda Team? Was it similar to what you had experienced before?<\/p>\n

[A]<\/strong> The Repsol Honda Team is the highest level that a crew member can aspire to, and I don\u2019t need to explain why. However, I had to learn a way of approaching the management of materials and systems quite different from that which I had previously used, and quickly. I made the most of all the information and had great support from the factory to reach a good level in a short time, studying in Japan and doing many hours of practice \u2013 especially spending a lot of time at the circuit.<\/em><\/p>\n

[Q] Did having a rider like Marc M\u00e1rquez in the same box add to the pressure? Or was it helpful because he allowed you to see where it was possible to improve?<\/p>\n

[A] <\/strong>Basically, teammates study each other and improve thanks to their rivalry. HRC developed the RC213V by combining the requests of their two riders, both in 2017 and 2018. Dani and Marc had different results, but both riders were necessary in order to be successful. Personally, I was very interested in sharing a box with Marc and his team; we have an excellent relationship.<\/em><\/p>\n

[Q] What do you think is needed to aspire to victory with the Honda?<\/p>\n

[A]<\/strong> As in any situation, you need skills and will. You\u2019re sure to find that at Honda. However, winning is always difficult and the other factories and riders are very competitive. The current regulations favour races run in groups.<\/em><\/p>\n

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