Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia began their Ducati alliance with a handshake.
The brand new Ducati Lenovo teammates arrived for “the primary day of college”, because the producer jokingly labelled it, on Thursday.
Ducati cheekily posted photos of their brand-new rider duo mid-way via the launch of Aprilia’s 2025 MotoGP bike, which featured Jorge Martin unveiling the #1.
Martin was compelled to hunt pastures new as a result of Ducati selected Marquez for his or her manufacturing facility group as an alternative.
Marquez has now arrived for Day 1 of labor with the official group, and swiftly got here face-to-face with Bagnaia.
They met with a handshake however it received’t quell expectations of their rivalry for the brand new season.
As nice as Marquez and Bagnaia are as a rider duo, Ducati would possibly face an uphill battle to maintain each males comfortable.
They may each have their eye on ripping away Martin’s championship – and will get in one another’s approach.
The connection contained in the field will come below scrutiny, in a approach that it by no means has when Bagnaia teamed with Enea Bastianini.
Marquez represents considerably of a change in philosophy from Ducati’s standard plan to advertise younger expertise from inside.
However his genius on Gresini’s year-old machine final season satisfied their bosses to select him.
Marquez and Bagnaia (and VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio) will trip the GP25, the factory-spec Ducati which would be the finest machine on the MotoGP grid this yr.
How lengthy can the handshake between Marquez and Bagnaia final earlier than issues get tetchy?
