Ducati crew supervisor Davide Tardozzi praised the continued collaboration between manufacturing unit stars Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia throughout Monday’s Jerez MotoGP check.
Contemporary off a rollercoaster Spanish Grand Prix, the place Marquez recovered to twelfth after an early crash and Bagnaia was pissed off by a third-place end behind Fabio Quartararo, the pair returned to the monitor for the primary in-season check of 2025.
“We examined various things with each riders,” Tardozzi informed MotoGP.com.
“With Marc, we investigated the entrance [end] issues, simply to present him extra confidence on the getting into of the corners. Whereas with Pecco we needed to examine extra the steadiness of the bike, that he was not proud of throughout the weekend.
“However we additionally had new components, a swingarm that we’ve got to check once more.”
Davide Tardozzi on Ducati testing
Marquez topped the timesheets with a 1m 35.876 – the one rider to dip into the 1m35s bracket – whereas Bagnaia ended down in nineteenth, not chasing a time as he labored via an extended listing of set-up gadgets.
Regardless of their fierce rivalry, Tardozzi stated double champion Bagnaia and his new six-time title-winning team-mate are sustaining open strains of communication.
“Yeah, as standard the riders speak primarily throughout the days like this – the coaching and the event days,” stated Tardozzi.
“So I feel that the connection between the 2 is one thing that helps Gigi [Dall’Igna] and the engineers to develop the bike and is one thing that we recognize.
“There was no confidence from different those who it could possibly occur, however we’ve got not solely two champions, however we’ve got two clever guys.
“They know that working collectively hurries up the event of the bike.”
Marquez heads to subsequent weekend’s French Grand Prix one level behind youthful trouble Alex on the planet championship standings. Bagnaia is 20 factors from the highest in third.
