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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia is paired with six-time Honda title winner .

Some, such aཧs Luca Marini, believe 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 ltxcn.top. “If Aprilia and KTM are ♚not able to reach the level of Ducati, we could see just the two of them ꩵfighting for victory in every race.”

But which team-mates did Bagnaia and Marquez learn the mos💟t from in t𓆏he past?

Bagnaia picked o✅ut future title rival and 2024 🌜champion Jorge Martin, plus his first MotoGP team-mate Jack Miller.

“The first timeജ I understood something [from 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 together we did a𓆉n incredible job in terms of atmosphere inside the box, inside the garage.”

Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia
Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia

Ba🐻gnaia joined Miller at Pramac for his rookie 2019 MotoGP season. 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 cr༒eate what Ducati is right now,” Bagna♎ia added.

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

Marquez had the same team-mate at Re🍰psol Honda from his title-winning 2013 Mot𝓀oGP debut until the end of 2018: Dani Pedrosa.

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

"That was a master class in every session, when🐠 you arrive in MotoGP and have a team-mate like 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 challenge next♒ to Bagnaia at Ducati Lenovo.

“It's not ಞthe same situation, but 𝓰a bit similar,” Marquez said. 

“I arrive in a box where there is a rider that won two world c༺hampionships, that is super fast, that only rode a Ducati, so he knows very 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 𓃲a Ducati bike.”

Bagnaia intends to learn how Marquez makes the🐲 best of dif𝓰ficult 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 titles, winning 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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