Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia’൲s relationship began by socialising with their partners, Ducati insist.

All eyes in the MotoGP paddock will be♛ on the Ducati garage this season, where arguably the two favourites for the championship will 🌊be stationed.

Marquez and Bagnaia ar🥂e new teammates bꦍut also clearly rivals for the top prize, defended by Jorge Martin who must adjust to his Aprilia.

Ducati insist the much-discussed relationship between their f꧟actory riders has started per♏fectly.

“We are wrꦉiting the history of our sport,” sporting d🌠irector Mauro Grassilli told , before the Sepang test, about their red-hot rider line-up.

“We﷽ are working well, and I see that the🌼re is a beautiful relationship between the two riders.

“They are even having ꦆlunch together with their respective wives and girlfriends.

“What we need to do we are doing, then the track♓ will have its say. We 🐻will see what happens.

“From my experience, I have always s🅘een very good relationships between riders.

“♚Even in the days of Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss when I started. The relationship between riders is important, and I expected it because [Marquez and Bagnaia] are good, int𒉰elligent, professional people.”

The Sepang test allowed 🎉Ducati’s factory riders to unite by developing the package that they will use this season, along with VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio.

For now, their union is mutually be🍃neficial. Ducati 🐎believe it remain this way.

“It will be good, exciting and equally important to create a good climate, but it’s not the most 𝓰difficult thing.

“The♈y are pr😼ofessionals, they are people who know how to do their job.

“Pecco is very professional. I saw him coming back from his honeymoon, extremely relaxed, c༺alm, and confident.

“Marc I have known for a short time💙. It starte🅰d last year when we met in hospitality. I’m still finding out about him. So far, i like everything about him: the way he relates to Pecco, to us, to sponsors, to the media.”