Francesco Bagnaia faces the toughest challenge of his MotoGP career in 2025 when Marc Marquez joins Gresini Ducati.
The 28-year-old made some costly mistakes last year, just 10 points short of a third consecutive title.
Bagnaya spent his honeymoon in those 2024 mistakes. Despite winning eight more than winner George Martin, he failed to take the championship.
The reigning champion is no longer on A Ducati Cycling after a trip to Aprilia, opened the door. Bagnaya To return the silverware.
However, he faces a tougher challenge than the six-time champion. Mark MarquezChosen in favor of Martin for his role with the team’s champions.
The Spaniard won three races last year but was left behind overall on a GP23 bike that wasn’t built by Bagania or Martin GP24. Expect to see better results from him this season.
Marc Marquez blames Francesco Bagnaia’s MotoGP mistakes on ‘accidents’
Marquez was suffering on the Ducati 2025 bike. It is on trial that he wants to settle before the new season.
The teammate liked the engine upgrades on the new bike and was impressed with the performance of the machine.
Valentino Rossi believes the Bagnaia is the title favorite for 2025. But if he wants to dominate the grid again, he must limit his mistakes.
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Marquez came to the defense of his new partner in an interview, blaming the Italian’s 2024 mistakes for risk-taking. Motor sport-total.
He will be at the front especially in the first races. He won eleven races last year,” he said.
“Yes, he made a few mistakes. But you won’t win eleven races if you don’t take any risks. It’s always communication.”
Why Marc Marquez will be fired more than ever for opposing Francesco Bagnaia.
It has been six years since Marquez last contested the MotoGP championship and it was then that he secured his sixth honor for Honda in 2019.
Since then, it has been a long road back to the front of the grid and he has endured various accidents, injuries and poor bikes.
It is now mounted on what is considered to be modern machinery, and is on a field favored by the Crown.
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In the year He regained some of his old form in 2024 and showed signs that he is still up to the task of contending for championships.
There could be fireworks among the Ducati riders if the fight for the title is close, but that’s something the team realized they had to manage after signing Marquez.
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