Valentino Rossi has offered a prediction about how Marc M𓂃arquez will fare this season.

Marquez is moving into the official Ducati garage with♈🐲 Pecco Bagnaia, the VR46 protege.

After winning the championship with Ducati in 2022 and 2023, B🔜agnaia was dethroned by manufacturer stablemate Jorge Martin - who joins the factory Aprilia team this year - last season.

Despite scoring 11 grands ꦜprix victories to Martin’s three across the campaign, eight non-scores led to Bagnaia missing out on the ༒championship by 10 points at the final round.

Bagnaia remains 🦩with the factory Ducati squad for 2025, but faces his toughest challenge yet as eight-time world champion Marquez joins the team.

At the recent 100🍸Km of Champions event in Tavullia organised by Rossi, he told Sky Sports Italy about his protege Bagnaia and his rival Marquez.

“The Ducati factory team riders are the main cand🅘idates for the title,” Rossi said.

“Bagnaia is very excit෴ed becau🔴se he wants to redeem himself from last year’s defeat. 

"So, we hope he can give that extra 5%.”

Rossi and team-mate Luca Marini came second in 𒀰168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:last wee꧙kend’s 100km of Champions event, with Diogo Moreira and Thomaཧs Chaꦬreyre beating them.

Eꦫlia Bartolini a𒐪nd Lorenzo Baldassarri completed the podium.

Bagnaia was partnered with M🐻arco Bezzecchi and came sixth, while🌊 Pedro Acosta and Isle of Man TT star Michael Dunlop were last.

Rossi will continue as a factory BMW driver in 🐬2025, though his car racing programme for the coming season is yet to be defined.

Last year Rossi raced in the World Endurance Cha𒁏mpionship for 🍒the first time as well as competing in the GT World Challenge Europe with the BMW-backed WRT squad.

However, he wants to scale back hisཧ racing ܫprogrammes in 2025 and increase his presence at MotoGP events.