Gigi Dall’Igna💛 and Ducati’s management have been warned about the difficult task of maintaining harmony in next season’s MotoGP team.

The selec🌊tion of Marc Marquez as the 2025 factory teammate for Pecco Bagnaia gives Ducati a sensationally talented and esteemed duo.

However, it also raises new questions about how the manuಌfacturer will cope with two riders accustomed to winnin🌸g championships who might be each other’s main rival.

“It’s going to be tough for the Ducati managem💧ent,” Sylvain Guintoli told TNT Spor꧋ts.

“They have to manage the situati💜on. In a top team you wanꦇt a top guy, and a guy who won’t be trouble.

“It’s normally what teams do because it works.

“When 🍸you get two strong characters - on and off track - it will be feisty. There will be fireworks.

“It will be interesting to understand the dynamics. Ducati made massive sacrifices to get Marqu🥀ez into꧟ the factory team.”

Marquez hit hea༒dlines unexpectedly this past weekend at his first World Ducati Week, when his overtake of Nicolo Bulega at the last corner of the Race of Champions resulted in his rival crashing into the gravel.

The initial pick for the 2025 factꦑory Ducati seat appeared to be Jorge Martin, until Mar💎quez bluntly insisted that moving to Pramac (who could offer him a factory bike) was “not an option”.

Martin was then overlooked in favour of Marquez, beginning an exodus of talent from🎐 Ducati.

Pramac’s Martin and🐻 VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi have signed for Aprilia next year, Enea Bastianini is moving 🦩to Tech3 KTM and the Pramac team will become a Yamaha project.

But, Ducati🦩 are left with Marquez - thꦫeir No 1 choice.

TNT 🦩Sports’ Neil H♚odgsons said about the selection of Marquez: “There are arguments for and against.

“They have invested a lot of money into Martinꦫ so you assume he would get the factory seat.

“But the reality is, it’s a unique situation with an eight-time cham𝓰pion, the phenomenon that is Mar⭕quez.

“Marc has never been beaten by a teammate, and he’s had some go༒od teammates - Pedrosa, Lorenzo. He’s destroyed everybody.

“H🔥e is super confident and genuinely doesn’t care who his teammate will be.

“He just want🎉s equal machinery. It is going to be fireworks, it will be great to watch.”

The potential problem looms that, if Bagnaia and Marqu🔴ez are fighting for the ‘25 championship, Ducati must decide h♔ow to manage their priorities.

“I d🦋on’t believe one will have his own way,” Guintoli said.

“It will be up and down, there will be setbacks, they will take risks to beat each otꦕher.”

Hodgson added: “They could cost each other the championship, and somebody eꦡlse could pick up the pieces. We have seen that before.”

This season resumes n﷽ext weekend at Silversto🍎ne for the British MotoGP.

Bagnaia is top of the standings, 10 points clear of Martin and 56 points🧸 c♏lear of Marquez.