“Jealousy within Ducati” and “tension” claims made as Marc Marquez era begins

"There will come a time in the season where there wi💖ll be a lot of tension"

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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez will discover “jealousy” and “tension” within the winning atmosphere at🔴 Ducati, predicts Alvaro Bautista.

The unveiling of Gresini Racing and the official Ducati MotoGP team has heightened anticipation for the 2024 season an🌌d the fresh battles that await.

Whether Marquez, now riding a GP23 rather than a misfiring Honda, can𓆏 fight at the front and how Ducati will manage any internal politics are of tantamount importance.

"It's going to be interesting because꧃ there's going to be a lot of competition within the factory,” WorldSBK champion Bautista told .

“Between no🍌w and the middle of the𝔍 season everyone will start to go with the knife between their teeth and there will be good fights.

“But I think Ducati can only be proud of this.

"There is surely jeal❀ouಌsy within the Ducati organisational chart because it has always happened.

“I believe that there will come a time in the seas꧟on where there will be a lot of tension because in 2024 almost all the riders end their contracts.

"I hope that in 2025 I will have Marc Marquez dressed in red with me at thꦜe Ducati presentation.

“Because that will mean that Marquez will be in the offici💞al team and that I will also continue in the official Ducati team in WorldSBK.”

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Every Ducati MotoGP ri✅der will see their contract expire at the end of this year.

How t🌞he Italian brand prioritise the renewals, and which riders prefer to find pastures new, will become clear in the coming months.

But the protagonist of🌠 the rider market will, again, be Marquez.

༺Ducati will be faced with 💃a tough decision of whether to promote him into their factory team for 2025 if his performances with Gresini cannot be overlooked.

But Bautista warns: "Betwe🌺en now and next year there is a lot of work to be don⛦e.

“I think that for Marc Marquez the most important ♏thing now is that he feels happy with a motorcyc🔴le again, that he enjoys a motorcycle.

“That 𓆉he feels that he ꦡcan make the most of his potential.

“Let the motorcycle help h🗹im a๊nd I believe that, with that, Marc will be happy.

"I think that when you put together a very, very good rider like Marc Marquez with the best bike, well, I think it's easy. One plus one makes twoꦬ.

“He's going to go fast, he's goi𓆉ng to win and - I don't know if he'll win the 2024 MotoGP World Championship - but he will surely wiﷺn races and fight for the World Championship.

“And this will make Ducati raise th✅e level🐽 even higher, if possible.

"Because last y🍸ear they were invincible, winning everything.

“And this year, with a rider like Marc…

“I think it is go﷽od for Ducati and, at the same time, complicated to manage.

“Because Marquez is not a factory rider.

"I believe that Ducati's mentality is to win. If you ca💙n win with the factory ride🦹r, good.

“Butও if the person who wins is someone different but who rides a Ducati, also good.

“What interests Ducati is that its bikes winꦫ. And who🔜ever it is, they will be happy.”

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