Pecco Bagnaia reveals “incredible” Marc Marquez similarity
“Honestly, it’s incredible that [fo♑r] the first time in my career I have…”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez work together as teammates for the first t💙ime this winter as they prepare the factory Ducat🐼i package for the 2025 MotoGP season.
As ever, one of the key decisions to be made is on the engine specification, as it will have to be used for the whole season once it’s homologated ahe🌠ad 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 e𒊎ngine, to be 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 deꦉcision is veryꦏ important and we have to be calm to take it because we don’t have to rush.
“Maybe you’re doing a ve𓆉ry good lap time with the new bike but because you were with new tyres. So, every decision has to b👍e really [thoughtful] and I think we are doing a very good job.”
As a result of the importance of this test, Bagnaia is encouraged by the similarity in the comments and feedback he is giving to those bei﷽ng given by his new teammate: Marc Marque🎃z.
“Honestly, it’s incredible that for the first time in my career I have exactly the 🔯same feeling as my teammate,” Bagnaia said.
“This is great, because it’s helping a lot the engineers to develop. It’s tru🍒e that both have 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 t꧟o face this year in jumping from the Desmosedici GP23 to the GP25, and alꦅmost skipping the GP24 entirely.
“It’s one of th📖e most difficult things for me,” he told After th🐼e Flag.
“When I jum💃p 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 very precise.
“But at the moment we have very similar comments wit🌄h Pecco [Francesco Bagnaia] and this is important.”
Bagnaia “50-50” on 2025 engine choice
Ultimately, Bagnaia is still undecided on which speci🏅fication 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’re all thinking that it still has some margin.
“The GP25 is 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 fro🐈m the corners, and this is the case because it’s very smooth, you can manage [the acceleratio🌳n] a lot with the throttle.
“But, in braking, the GP24 was out of thi🌺s world, because we were doing s🐲omething 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 t🌳he newer💦 engine is more than what he is gaining in acceleration thanks to its smooth delivery.
“The gap here in accelera𓃲tion is not the same as the gap you can have [in] brakingඣ and entry,” he said.
“So, we have to balance it a bit, and in this moment what we are gaining in acceleration is🦄 a bit less compared to what we are losing in braking.”
Indeed, Bagnaia’s indecision is shared by Marquez, who told After the Flag: “Still we need to un🦋derstand well because we must decide the direction because in just three weeks we will start 🍌the season.
“So, tomorrow still we need to try again and evaluate all the thingsꦑ.”
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 com🍌petitive and we need to be super-sure, or we need to see a clear positive aspect in the GP25, because when you ꦑhomologate the engine it will be for two years.
“So, you need to understand well.”

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