It’s “logical” Bagnaia has first say but Duc...

Marc Marquez feels it is solely “logical” that Francesco Bagnaia can have first say in issues at Ducati, however is assured the Borgo Panigale marque will give him equal remedy in MotoGP this 12 months.

Marquez is becoming a member of a Ducati team the place team-mate Bagnaia is already the highest canine, with the double champion having scored the manufacturing unit’s first world titles since Casey Stoner in 2007 and helped cement its standing as MotoGP’s dominant marque.

It is a large shift for incoming Marquez, who was beforehand the poster boy of Honda’s MotoGP programme and led the event of the RC213V in keeping with his using type.

The six-time champion is conscious that Bagnaia has established himself at Ducati and is already its most profitable rider in historical past – however is satisfied the squad will uphold the values on which it has constructed its present success.

“I do know the place I am arriving, I do know which storage I am arriving in,” he said at the team’s 2025 bike launch in Italy.

“I am arriving within the reference storage, the place there’s a longtime rider [Bagnaia] contained in the storage. There is a rider with extra expertise contained in the storage who has contributed lots to Ducati and it is logical that he has the primary say.

“However ultimately, [at] Ducati all of the riders [are] valued equally. That is what they’ve transmitted to me, that one or the opposite wins. That might be Ducati’s intention and the riders’ intention. If one does not win, the opposite ought to win.”

There have been considerations about how Ducati will deal with two world champions in a single workforce, particularly as each riders have one thing to show in 2025. 

Bagnaia is focusing on his third title in 4 seasons after dropping to Pramac rival Jorge Martin final 12 months, whereas Marquez desires to beat Bagnaia on his turf to cement his declare as one of many best riders of all time.

Ducati is up to now not anxious about any potential fallout from Marquez becoming a member of Bagnaia in the identical storage, with workforce supervisor Davide Tardozzi even saying that it might be “very straightforward” to handle the duo.

Marquez additionally doesn’t see any trigger for concern, stating that Ducati is not going to hand primary standing to any rider this 12 months.

“One factor that’s clear in a manufacturing unit workforce is that it isn’t primary and quantity two, it is simply the extra skilled rider within the storage and the much less skilled rider within the storage,” mentioned Marquez, who spent 2024 at Ducati’s satellite tv for pc workforce Gresini.

“In fact, I’m additionally wanting ahead to understanding what they’re doing contained in the storage to be so performant [and] dominating the outcomes lots [in] these final years. I’ll attempt to perceive, to find out about it.

“The goal of the workforce is to attempt to win. If Pecco shouldn’t be in a position to win, I’ll attempt to win. If I am not in a position to win, he’ll attempt to win. 

“However while you arrive there, you must perceive the best way they’re working and what they’re doing to win all of the final years.”

Images from Ducati Campioni in Pista