Pecco Bagnaia reveals “incredible” Marc Marquez similarity

“Honestly, it’s incredible that [for] the fi𓆉rst time in my career I have…”

Francesco Bagnaia, 2025 MotoGP Sepang Test. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Francesco Bagnaia, 2025 MotoGP Sepang Test. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez work together as teammates for the first tim🅰e this winter as they prepare the factory Ducati package for the 2025 MotoGP s𝕴eason.

As ever, one of the key decꦓisions to be made is on the engine specification, as it will🌜 have to be used for the whole season once it’s homologated ahead of the opening round in Thailand. 

But, in 2025, it takes on a greater meaning because of the development freeze for the 2026 season which means the 2025 engine, to b﷽e decided on in the next couple of weeks, will be used for two years in succession.

“This test 🎐🌠is very important because what we say from this test will last two years,” Bagnaia said, “so this decision is very important and we have to be calm to take it because we don’t have to rush.

“ℱMaybe you’re doing a very good lap time with the new bike but because you were with new tyres. So, every d♛ecision has to be really [thoughtful] and I think we are doing a very good job.”

As a result of the importance of this t💮est, Bagnaia is encouraged by the similarity in the comments and feedback he 💧is giving to those being given by his new teammate: Marc Marquez.

“Honestly, it’s incredible that for the first time in ♐my career I have exact꧅ly the same feeling as my teammate,” Bagnaia said.

“This is great, because it’s helping a lot the engineers to develop. It’s true that both h༒ave💮 a very good feeling with the new engine, but both have the same questions about something about the new engine.”

This observation about the feedback of each rider was echoed by Marquez himself, who has his own difficulties to face this year in jumping from the Desmosedici GP23 to the GP25, and almoܫst skipping the GP24 entire🐭ly.

“It’s one of the most difficult things for me,”𝔍 he told After the Flag.

“When I jump from one bike to the other one, it’s two new bikes for me, and this is something that I need to be super-concentrated and vꦬery precise.

“But at the moment we have very similar comments with Pecco [Francesco Bagnaia] and this is imp🌼ortant.”

Bagnaia “50-50” on 2025 engine choice

Ultimately, 𝔍Bagnaia i💝s still undecided on which specification of engine to push forward with.

“At the moment, 50-50,” he said. “Because the thing is the GP24 is a fantastic base, and we’r🌄e all thinking that it still has some margin.

“The GP25 is𝓰 already very good and very fast 📖on the straights and in acceleration, because you can do the top speed only if the bike is exiting well from the corners, and this is the case because it’s very smooth, you can manage [the acceleration] a lot with the throttle.

“But, in bra꧑king, the GP24 was out of this world, becaꦺuse we were doing something incredible in braking, and this is something difficult to reach at the moment with the GP25, even if we close the gap.”

Bagnaia added that what he is losing in braking with the newer engine is more than what he is gaining in acc✱eleration thanks to its smooth delivery.

“The gap here i🌳n acceleration is not the same as the gap you can have [in] braking and entr𝐆y,” he said.

“So, we have to balance it a bit, a💧nd in this moment what we are gaining in acceleration is a bi🌃t less compared to what we are losing in braking.”

Indeed, Bagnaia’s indecision is shar𓆏ed by Marquez, who told After the Flag: “Still we need to understand well because 𒅌we must decide the direction because in just three weeks we will start the season.

“So, tomorrow still we need ൩to try again and evaluate all the 🌟things.”

Marquez added that “We have a specific job to do, that is trying to find the direction for 2025, especially about the engine and aero, and Ducati want to be very precise on that,” he said, “and🌌 at the same time conservative because they want to choose the correct decision.”

He added: “We need to ෴be super-sure what is the direction. We know that the GP24 package is competitive and we need to be super-sure, or we need to see a clear positive aspect in the GP25, because when you homologate the engine it will be for two years.

“So, you need to understand well.”

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