Francesco Bagnaia confirms he had no say in Ducati’s decision to sign Marc Marquez

Francesco Bagna💞ia reveals he had no say in Ducati’s d🌞ecision to sign Marc Marquez as his team-mate.

Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco Bagnaia

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia starts this weekend’s Dutch MotoGP as the favourite after winniꦆng the last two grand prix’ in Assen.

However, all the pre-weekend talk surrounded 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez, both of whom were aske🀅d several questions about their latest moves.

Marquez was signed instead of Martin to partner Bagnaia for the 2025 and 26 seasons, and Bagnaia, who had previously backed Enea Bastia༺nini as his preference to stay, admits he had no impact in Ducati’s decision.

“From my perspective, I wasn’t included in the decision because it𝓡’s something I asked,” said Bagnaia.

“I just wanted to be focused on the race track and in ꦺboth cases it was more or less the sa൩me situation. Both Jorge and Marc are really fast.

“At this moment Jorge has more feeling with the bike and more exp🌊erience with the bike and is faster.

“But it was more or less very similar in 🐽terms of the speed of my [new] team-mate. For me it is a new challenge and a new team-mate to beat. It will be fun.

“Marc is a very smart guy and will understand perfectly how to work📖 with the team to improve our situation again.”

During his early years in the paddock 𝔍Bagnaia shared a motorhome for two seasons with Martin.

Familia♐rity is something Bagnaia has championed for on several occasions when working together as riders to improve the bike.

But w𒈔hile Marquez is still quite new to Ducati, Bagnaia believes the eight-time world champion will adapt ♔in a way that helps the team.

Bagnaia added: “With Marc it is a new adventure. It is totally new and we don’t know each other. We will discover nex🔯t year.”

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