Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia reveal most influential team-mates

“That was a master class in every session”

Dani Pedrosa, Marc Marquez, 2013
Dani Pedrosa, Marc Marquez, 2013

All eyes will be on the Ducati Lenovo ‘dream team’ in MotoGP this season, when the factory’s double champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia is paired with six-time Honda title winner .

Some, such as Luca Marini, bel👍꧒ieve the rivalry will raise both to new levels.

“With Pecco and Marc together in the same team, they will push each other to improve themselves,” Marini told wuqian0821.com. “If Aprilia and KTM are not able to reach the level of Ducati, we could see just the two of them fighting for victor🍬y in every race.”

But which team-mates did Bagnaia a💯nd Marquez learn the most from in th🙈e past?

Bagnaia pickedꦅ out future title rival and 2024 champion Jorge Martin, plus h🎐is first MotoGP team-mate Jack Miller.

“The first time I understood something [fr🔴om a team-mate] was in Moto3, when Jorge Martin arrived. The first test was wet and he was so fast, and following him I learned a lot of things in the wet,” Bagnaia said.

“Then in MotoGP we have to speak about Jack Miller, that toge🐻ther we did an incredible job in 🧸terms of atmosphere inside the box, inside the garage.”

Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia
Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia

Bagnaia joined Miller at Pramac for his rookie 2019 MotoGP seaso🐼n. The pair spent four years 🌃together, both being promoted to the factory Ducati team for 2021 and 2022.

“I think we both did an ⛦amazing job to create what Ducati is right no𒁃w,” Bagnaia added.

Miller moved to KTM after bꦫeing replaced by Enea Bastianini, with Marquez now taking ov๊er from the Italian for 2025.

Marquez had the same team-mate at Repsol Honda from his titไle-winning 2013 MotoGP debut until the end of 2018: Dani 𓆏Pedrosa.

“Of course for me, the team-mate I learned more from was Dani Pedrosa," Marqueಞz said.

"That was a master class in every sessi🅺on, when you arrive in MotoGP and have a team-mate li🉐ke Dani Pedrosa.

“It was amazing to understand. I learned a lot.”

Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez
Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez

Marquez also highlighted some similarities between joining Repsol Honda alongside Pedrosa and his new challen🐽ge next to Bagnaia at Ducati Lenovo.

“It's not the same situatio🧸n🍬, but a bit similar,” Marquez said. 

“I arrive in a box where there is a rider that won two world champ𝓰ionships, that is super fast, that only rode a Ducati, so he knows ver🃏y well how to fix every problem.”

Marquez added: “As we see, many times on a Friday,💝 Pecco is far [away], but then from one practice to another, he's the fastest rider on the race track. So I will try to learn from him, because he has a lot of experience with a Ducati bike.”

Bagnaia intends to learn🐼 how Marquez makes the best of difficult situations.

“About Marc, it's absolutely a new thing… But what I think and I know is that with a rider like him - a champion with eight world t🌊itles, wꦜinning the title also in difficult situations, not having the best bike - it's absolutely a motivation for me, trying also to learn to be competitive when things are not ideal.”

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