Double MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia says he’ll “work collectively till the primary race” with Marc Marquez to get the GP25 prepared in testing.
Since Marquez was introduced as a manufacturing unit Ducati staff rider for the 2025 season as Bagnaia’s team-mate, the pair have maintained a cordial relationship.
Nevertheless, there have been flashpoints on-track earlier than that time, most notably their coming collectively on the Portuguese Grand Prix.
The narrative over the winter has targeted on impending tensions between the pair as anticipated title challengers.
Nevertheless, Bagnaia says the pair should proceed to work collectively over the winter testing interval to get the GP25 in the most effective form potential forward of the opening spherical of the marketing campaign in Thailand on the finish of the month.
“I believe proper now we may be proud of the identical package deal,” he mentioned.
“I believe what we requested for in Barcelona was the identical and we have been having the identical emotions. So, I believe we don’t want many various issues.
“My angle will probably be like at all times and his angle will probably be like at all times.
“We are going to work collectively till the primary race.
“We’re two sensible guys and understand how essential this second is.
“It’s like a standard relationship between team-mates, and this needs to be like this as a result of the respect between us is the very first thing.”
Bagnaia praises Ducati earlier than Sepang
Bagnaia says Ducati has achieved “an excellent job” in delivering the updates to the GP25 each riders requested following the Barcelona check final November.
“I believe for the issues we requested, me and Marc, I believe they did an excellent job,” he added.
“The compromise wasn’t simple as a result of the hybrid bike we examined in Barcelona was very sturdy on the straight however we have been lacking one thing in different areas.
“So, I do know completely how laborious they labored to make us glad and I believe they did.
“Let’s see tomorrow. We may have a variety of issues to strive, a variety of issues to do.
“However I’m actually hoping to not see any rain as a result of will probably be three days of full testing.”
