All eyes will likely be on the Ducati Lenovo ‘dream staff’ in MotoGP this season, when the manufacturing unit’s double champion Francesco Bagnaia is paired with six-time Honda title winner Marc Marquez.
Some, akin to Luca Marini, imagine the rivalry will elevate each to new ranges.
“With Pecco and Marc collectively in the identical staff, they are going to push one another to enhance themselves,” Marini advised Crash.internet. “If Aprilia and KTM should not capable of attain the extent of Ducati, we might see simply the 2 of them combating for victory in each race.”
However which team-mates did Bagnaia and Marquez be taught essentially the most from prior to now?
Bagnaia picked out future title rival and 2024 champion Jorge Martin, plus his first MotoGP team-mate Jack Miller.
“The primary time I understood one thing [from a team-mate] was in Moto3, when Jorge Martin arrived. The primary check was moist and he was so quick, and following him I discovered a number of issues within the moist,” Bagnaia stated.
“Then in MotoGP now we have to talk about Jack Miller, that collectively we did an unbelievable job by way of environment contained in the field, contained in the storage.”
Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia
Bagnaia joined Miller at Pramac for his rookie 2019 MotoGP season. The pair spent 4 years collectively, each being promoted to the manufacturing unit Ducati staff for 2021 and 2022.
“I believe we each did a tremendous job to create what Ducati is true now,” Bagnaia added.
Miller moved to KTM after being changed by Enea Bastianini, with Marquez now taking up from the Italian for 2025.
Marquez had the identical team-mate at Repsol Honda from his title-winning 2013 MotoGP debut till the tip of 2018: Dani Pedrosa.
“After all for me, the team-mate I discovered extra from was Dani Pedrosa,” Marquez stated.
“That was a grasp class in each session, if you arrive in MotoGP and have a team-mate like Dani Pedrosa.
“It was wonderful to know. I discovered quite a bit.”
Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez
Marquez additionally highlighted some similarities between becoming a member of Repsol Honda alongside Pedrosa and his new problem subsequent to Bagnaia at Ducati Lenovo.
“It isn’t the identical scenario, however a bit related,” Marquez stated.
“I arrive in a field the place there’s a rider that gained two world championships, that’s tremendous quick, that solely rode a Ducati, so he is aware of very properly how you can repair each downside.”
Marquez added: “As we see, many occasions on a Friday, Pecco is much [away], however then from one observe to a different, he is the quickest rider on the race observe. So I’ll attempt to be taught from him, as a result of he has a number of expertise with a Ducati bike.”
Bagnaia intends to find out how Marquez makes the very best of adverse conditions.
“About Marc, it is completely a brand new factor… However what I believe and I do know is that with a rider like him – a champion with eight world titles, successful the title additionally in troublesome conditions, not having the very best bike – it is completely a motivation for me, attempting additionally to be taught to be aggressive when issues should not best.”
