[kropotkin thinks...] - Repsol Media Press Release Interview and Video: Crew Chief Sa

[Ninjette Newsbot]

If you enjoyed reading this article, please click here to view it on Kropotkin's site, MotoGP Matters.

-----------------

After previous interviews with the Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez, and Pedrosa's crew chief Mike Leitner, it was the turn of Marquez' crew chief Santi Hernandez to answer questions on the Austin MotoGP test in a Repsol Media Service video interview. In the interview, Hernandez talks about how the test went, how Marquez is adapting to MotoGP, and how the team has changed since the last time Hernandez worked in the premier class, with 1999 World Champion Alex Criville. The video and transcript and translation follows below:

"Marc is a very hardworking rider. He knows what he needs in order to go fast and give clear information to the technicians."

Crew Chief for Marc Marquez in his two seasons in Moto2, Santi Hernandez has made the jump to MotoGP alongside the rider with whom he has won a championship and a runner-up finish in the intermediate class. Aged 37, he has spent nearly half his life at racing circuits –first as Suspensions Technician for the likes of Alex Criville and Valentino Rossi in the Repsol Honda Team, and then as a Crew Chief in both 125cc and Moto2. Now returning to the premier class as Race Engineer for Marquez, he oversees the latest Spanish star’s move up to the premier class.

read more