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Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez's statements ahead of the 2025 season highlight a complex dynamic within the Ducati team. While both riders display a certain serenity, it is clear that the question of hierarchy and the distribution of roles will be at the heart of the season's challenges.

Pecco Bagnaia, double MotoGP world champion, reacted to the comments of his new teammate at Ducati, Marc Marquez, who claimed that the Italian will start the 2025 season with a higher "status" as a team reference. bagnaia, who missed out on a third consecutive title by just ten points against George Martin This season, however, has put the importance of these comments into perspective.

Marc Marquez had recently declared: " logically, there is a status and The one who makes the decisions is Pecco. He is the reference, the one that allowed Ducati to win the championship again and which is going very fast »

Asked about this statement at the "Campioni in Festa" event, bagnaia was keen to point out that the hierarchies within the team are dictated by performance during the season: " I believe that in the end, the "number ones" in the box are not there and should not be there. The season always starts at the beginning, with the drivers having an equal say. Things change during the season. If one driver is ahead in the championship and the other further back, you have to work to try to help the one in front »

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Pecco Bagnaia: “ Marc Marquez is extremely intelligent »

bagnaia also praised the intelligence of Marquez, convinced that the latter will quickly adapt to the working method of Ducati : " Marc is extremely intelligent. He immediately understood the environment and the way we work. During the test in Barcelona, ​​we did a great job together. If we continue like this, we are already on the right track. »

The tests in Barcelona, ​​a new development after the cancellation of those in Valencia, allowed bagnaia et Marquez to evaluate a prototype version of the GP25. bagnaia found this place ideal for testing the motorcycle in varied conditions: “ The track is better for testing in many ways: you reach one of the highest top speeds in the championship, and the low grip level allows you to test more things »

The Italian also noted that he and Marquez shared similar feelings about the bike, which made the engineers' job easier: " We were able to identify fairly quickly what things to work on, which ones are better and which ones are less so. It was also easier for Gigi and the engineers to identify the path to be ready in Malaysia »

Collaboration between bagnaia et Marquez looks promising, with synergy already visible during the first tests. Ducati hopes to capitalize on this exceptional duo to continue its dominance in 2025, with a clear objective: to retake the world championship crown. MotoGP. The first official tests of Sepang, scheduled for February 2025, will offer a glimpse of the capabilities of this new shock team.

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