{"id":650823,"date":"2026-05-05T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650823\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:12:08","slug":"marc-marquezs-former-right-hand-man-doubts-theyll-reunite-at-honda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650823\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez\u2019s former right-hand man doubts they\u2019ll reunite at Honda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Marquez\u2019s former Honda MotoGP crew chief Santi Hernandez admits he doesn\u2019t believe they will work together again at HRC.<\/p>\n<p>Seven-time world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez<\/a> and Hernandez began working together in Moto2, before the latter followed him to MotoGP with Honda in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Together, the pair won six world titles in seven years with Honda, though Hernandez did not join Marquez when he moved to the Gresini Ducati squad for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with Mundo Deportivo, Hernandez has spoken on his strong relationship with Marquez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe built a really great team, starting from scratch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe laughed a lot; he was one of us. I watched Marc grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI\u2019m taking away a friendship with him, which for me is the most important thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day will come when he retired, the day will come when I retire, and that friendship will remain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez worked alongside Marquez during the most difficult period of his career, when he suffered a serious arm injury in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>With Marquez not willing to sign a multi-year deal when he moved to Gresini in 2024 to race Ducati machinery, he was not allowed to bring Hernandez with him.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1094465\/1\/ducati-marc-marquez-2027-motogp-deal-pretty-much-finalised\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marquez is reportedly close to signing a new deal<\/a> to remain with Ducati\u2019s factory team in 2027, though he has faced repeated questions about a return to Honda.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez, however, doesn\u2019t believe this will happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d he said on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s at Ducati, he\u2019s happy, he\u2019s found his smile again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marquez\u2019s 2026 season has so far been hindered by the serious shoulder injury he suffered last October at the Indonesian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>It has raised questions about the Spaniard\u2019s longevity in MotoGP, with Marquez himself admitting that he is likely facing the end of his career within the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>On this, Hernandez added: \u201cI don\u2019t see Marc racing until he\u2019s 40.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez\u2019s former Honda MotoGP crew chief Santi Hernandez admits he doesn\u2019t believe they will work together again&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-650823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}