168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valentino Rossi has offered a bullish defence of Pecco Bagnaia’s sta꧃tus, as he prepares to welcome Marc Marquez next year.

Marquez’s selection by Ducati for their official 🔯team in 2025 means he will share a box with current Moto🌠GP champion Bagnaia.

Their partnership 🐲is among the most exciting, and successful, since Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo paired up at Yamaha - a relationship which turned notoriously sour.

“Marc's arrival has been a surprise for everyone: for me, for Pecco, but above all for Jorge Martin,” Ro༒ssi is quot⛦ed by .

“It will surely be hard for Pecc𝓀o because he wilꦫl have a very uncomfortable teammate, but I think he has everything it takes to stand up to him.

"Journalistically, I know it's an interesting topic, but Pecco didn't �ꦫ�need Marquez in his team to prove to be the strongest.

“A rider who has won three World Championships, two of them in a row in 💝MotoGP with Ducati, does not have the need.”

Bagnaia could become a three-time MotoG🌼P champion if he can convert his current lead in the championship.

He is 10 points ahead o🍬f second-placed Martin in the standings, ahead of the next round at Silverstone.

Th🅺ird-placed Marquez is still awaiting a first win on a Du꧅cati, and is 56 points shy of Bagnaia’s tally.

The selection of Marquez created a ripple effect whiꩵch saw Martin, Enea Bastianini, Marco Bezzecchi and even the Pramac satellit🅰e team exit Ducati.

Ducati have defended themselves against accu♐sations that picking Marquez means a shift in strategy, away from backing young riders.

Marquez will be the second-oldest MotoGP rider on𓂃 the grid next 🦩year when he shares a team with Bagnaia. 

He is one premier class championship short𒁏 of the total accomplished by Rossi, his great rival.

And by teaming with Bagnaia, that rivalry will have a new๊ chapter written because Bagnaia is a VR46 Academy graduate.