Marc Marquez has set his sights on equaling Valentino Rossi’s seven MotoGP world titles as he joins forces with Francesco Bagnaia in a formidable Ducati lineup for the 2025 season.
Six-time world champion Marquez was unveiled by Ducati on Monday because the Italian producer’s manufacturing unit racing staff revealed its new Desmosedici GP25 bike.
Bedecked in pink, the 31-year-old made no secret of his intention to win extra titles after final 12 months’s spectacular performances for Ducati satellite tv for pc outfit Gresini.
Marquez completed third behind eventual winner Jorge Martin, now with Aprilia, and two-time champion Bagnaia and gained three Grands Prix, his first in three years as an harm nightmare that began with a fractured arm in 2020 was lastly put behind him.
“I’ve fought many battles against Ducati in the past but, after getting my smile back last season, I’m here this year and it’s a real privilege,” stated Marquez who signed a two-season take care of Ducati in June.
“It’s nice to return to such an enormous MotoGP staff, a staff which within the final 4 or 5 years particularly has been vastly vital. We wish to win the riders’, constructors’ and groups’ world titles.
“We need to work together as a team so that if I don’t win Pecco (Bagnaia) wins and vice-versa. I think it’s going to be a great season and I hope to bring home plenty of points and wins – let’s see where we finish at the end of the season.”
Bagnaia’s partnership with Marquez is an fascinating prospect given his mentor and Italian motorcycling icon Rossi’s troublesome historical past with the Spaniard.
The 28-year-old Bagnaia opted to say nothing when Rossi stated in a podcast interview in September that Marquez was a “dirty” rider who actively labored to cease him from successful the 2015 title.
Jorge Lorenzo gained the world crown by 5 factors that 12 months however his total victory hinged on Marquez and Rossi colliding within the penultimate Malaysian MotoGP.
Rossi was penalized for that incident and needed to begin the 12 months’s ultimate GP in Valencia in final place, nearly guaranteeing Lorenzo the title earlier than the race was run.
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