Ducati officially unveiled Marc Marquez as their 2025 factory rider on Monday. After Trackhouse, Aprilia and Gresini, they become the fourth team to reveal their plans for the upcoming season.
The Ducati launch is probably the most anticipated event. MotoGP Out of season. Aprilia signed the reigning world champion in George Martin, but Marquez has a ‘beast’ stance. in the paddock.
In the year He has won six titles in the Premier Division, including a stunning debut victory in 2015. No other rider has won more than two, while nearest competitor Francesco Bagnaia (62 vs 29) has more than doubled his race wins.
January 20, 2025, will go down as one of the most important dates in recent motorsport history. It marked the official arrival of Marquez. Ducatiand Lewis Hamilton’s first day at Ferrari.
It’s easy to make Hamilton a Formula 1 marquee. He is the most successful driver in the history of the sport with 105 race wins and seven championships.
Marquez is trying to match Valentino Rossi’s haul of seven premiership titles this season, and is still two short of Giacomo Agostini. But he and Hamilton are undeniably the most famous men on the grid.
Marc Marquez feels his name carries the same ‘weight’ as Lewis Hamilton in MotoGP.
In an interview with Make a markMarquez was asked if he saw any parallels between his move to Ducati and Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari. On the surface, in both cases, ‘everything is red,’ he joked.
But beyond that, he said, their reputations ‘carry more weight’ in their sport. Even in front of the talented young generation – Marquez Lando Norris and George Russell – named in F1 – remain unique.
Indeed, the Spaniard’s reputation could be key as he sees Martin in his fight to join Bagnayan. It wasn’t enough for the Pramac rider to even face Marquez to fight for the title.
However, the 31-year-old, the second-oldest rider on the grid behind LCR Johan Zarco, admitted his name counted for little at the start of the season.
| category | M Mar | L HAM |
| Champions | 6 | 7 |
| races | 189 | 356 |
| He will win | 62 | 105 |
| Poles | 66 | 104 |
| Forums | 111 | 202 |
“What does it look like? red. Everything is red,” Marquez said. “It’s true that even with Hamilton’s move to Ferrari, Verstappen is now one of the most media-savvy people in Formula 1, alongside Fernando Alonso, because Hamilton is Hamilton.
“The young Norris, Russell have arrived, but at the end the experienced ones, well, the name seems to carry more weight, but that doesn’t help you win more. So, we’ll see.
“We’ll try to have a good year, most of all we’ll try to help the team, we’ll try to be in front and in this, well, when you’re in front and there’s speed and everything is more beautiful.
Ducati boss Marc Marquez received ‘big’ approval after the announcement
Bagnaia will be cast in the role of Charles Leclerc this season. The Italian entered the sport in 2019 with satellite team Pramac and joined the factory team two years later as a ‘Ducatista’.
Leclerc, on the other hand, has been part of Ferrari’s driver academy since 2016, and their F1 team since 2019. He and Bagnaya should have a natural advantage over their new and established teammates.
David Barana says. Ducati faces a ‘big responsibility’ this year. When they won two world championships. They are the only team on the gridiron that has that luxury.
The news of Marquez in Gresini shocked the Ducati staffBut it jumps forward two years in the bike list. The length of the adaptation period may determine who wins this year’s title.
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