Francesco Bagnaia has hit back after Valentino Rossi told him to give him ‘5% more’ in his MotoGP title bid.

Francesco Bagnaia is aiming for a third MotoGP title this year. In the year He will try to draw more motivation from his loss to George Martin in 2024.

Pramac rider Martin won Bagnaya In the year In 2024, he finished with just 10 points, two of the championship prize. Now he faces the famous Marc Marquez in the factory Ducati group.

Valentino Rossi named Bagnaia his favorite title. For this year. Marquez will adapt to new environments and jump straight from the 2023 bike to the 2025 challenger.

Bagnaia, who has won 29 Grands Prix in the premier class, is a graduate of the Rossi VR46 Academy. The doctor will continue to advise after retirement.

As stated in an interview earlier this month. Bagnaya thought about his 2024 mistakes on the honeymoon. He retired from three races due to collisions and four due to errors.

Bagnaia has to prove that he can cope under high pressure this season. Márquez may have realized before the first year that he might be weak with his new teammate.

Francesco Bagnaia says performance is not a ‘problem’ after advice from Valentino Rossi

While Rossi sees Bagnaya as the favourite, he warns he needs to ‘give 5% more’ to be successful. The 28-year-old gave his response at Ducati’s launch event on Monday.

He believes he is not lacking when it comes to ‘pure performance’. In fact, if he was more consistent, he could have produced fewer wins.

But he got some tips from the Ducati team boss Luigi Daligna. The MotoGP veteran reminded him that finishing races is easier than winning them.

Did Vale say I should give 5% more this year? It’s symbolic,” he said. Sky Italy. “Last year I won 11 GPs, if I had won 10 and crashed one less time I would have been world champion.

“It’s not something that’s in pure performance, that’s not a problem, but in something else. Gigi Dalleyna told me a great truth: “It’s easier to learn than to fail.”

The famous MotoGP manager Pecco Bagnaia could not believe what he saw

Marco Melandri gave a strange explanation for Bagnaia’s mistakesStating that he makes mistakes ‘when it’s too convenient’. Typically, A is more stable when the rider feels stable.

But maybe the idea loses its focus, or it becomes too confident. If that is the case, he will have to change his approach to beat Marquez.

The rivalry within the team at Ducati is expected to be one of the biggest stories of the 2025 season. But Bagnaya showed little interest in playing any psychological games.

Truly a veteran MotoGP Manager Carlo Pernat says: Bagnaya is ‘the best teammate you could wish for’. He had seen him ‘up close’ after working with Enya Bastianini, and was impressed by his thinking.

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