Reclaiming the MotoGP world title is clearly the ambition of Franc🍸esco Bagnaia in 2025, but the Italian has to contend not only with his own flaws that cost him the championship in 2024, but also with a new teammate.

Of course, that is Marc Marquez, a rider who, toꦑgether with Bagnaia, forms one of the most formidable line-ups in MotoGP history for the Ducati Lenovo 🌳Team.

He also, theoretically, presents a problem for Bagnaia and for the management at Ducati Corse and the fac🤡tory team itself, as with two riders who think they should be World Champion at the end of the season there is the possibility for rising tensions – something Bagnaia has so far a𝓡voided with his previous factory teammates: Jack Miller and Enea Bastianini.

“I honestly don't have and have never had problems with anyone,👍” Bagnaia told on the subject of Marquez.

“I know how important it is to work together and join f👍orces well in this preparation phase to have the best technical solutions.

“I൲t seems that we aꦓre succeeding well and therefore it is right that we continue like this.

“A strong teammate is a great stimuꦡ🦄lus and I have to try to beat him. And he will do the same with me.”

Bagnaia comes into 2025 off the back of the disappointment of losing the title of MotoG꧅P World Champion he’d held since the end of 2022.

Winning 11 Grands Prix in 2🐈024 was proof that the title was not lost for a lack of speed, but the Italian’s record of se🌜ven non-scores – three in Grands Prix, four in Sprints – from last year’s 40 races is the statistic that must change if he is to swap his #63 for the #1 in 2026.

“The goal is always the same: to w♔in,” Bagnaia said.

“What changes compared to las🐠t year is no longer having the number one on the fairing.

“Finding myself with the 63 made me think because I proved to be the strongest but it wasn't enough, so we need to impro♕ve.”

He added: “Did V𒊎ale say I will have to give 5% more this year? It is something symb🥃olic,” Bagnaia said.

“Last year I won 11 [Grands Prix]; if I had won 10 and had gone down one less time I would have beco💙me world champion.

“It's 𒈔not something to be fou🎐nd in pure performance – that's not a problem – but in something else.

“Gigi Dall'Igna told me a great truth: it is easier to learn not to fall than✱ to win.

“I analysed my mistakes and the worst races. I've always wanted to get as far as possible, b𝔉ut I've ꩲrealized that sometimes it's better to wait.

“I didn't always crash because of me, but it's equally true that in other situations, if I had w𒅌aited, I wouldn't have ended up on the ground.”

For Bagnaia, the solution to his issue is clear. “To be more reflective in certain situations,” he said when asked 🐠in what way he wants to progress in ꦦthe upcoming season.

“But in the end the goal is to bring back the [number] one and you have to put the risk and what the final goal is on the scale. We 😼will try to do a job done well.”