Ducati’s basic supervisor Gigi Dall’Igna is satisfied that the Italian marque will be capable of handle each Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez at its manufacturing unit MotoGP workforce subsequent 12 months.
Ever since Ducati signed six-time premier class Marquez to companion Bagnaia for 2025, there have been query marks about how the 2 will get together with one another on the identical workforce.
The Borgo Panigale marque has by far one of the best bike on the grid and it is probably that subsequent 12 months’s title can be fought completely between its riders, leaving the potential for tensions flaring up as Marquez and Bagnaia set to battle on equal equipment for the primary time in MotoGP.
Nonetheless, Dall’Igna sees no motive why Ducati must be involved about having two alpha personalities in the identical storage.
Quite the opposite, he thinks, it is going to be an opportunity for the model to increase its dominance in MotoGP within the last two years of the present laws cycle.
“They’re two of one of the best riders of the championship, however for positive their characters are actually, actually robust so it is necessary that we are able to handle them very properly throughout the subsequent 12 months,” he informed the official MotoGP web site.
“However actually I am fairly assured that we are able to handle that and I hope that it’s going to not be a catastrophe however the excellent 12 months for Ducati.”
Whereas admitting they’ve robust personalities which have the potential to trigger issues, Dall’Igna was filled with reward for each Bagnaia and Marquez for what they’ve achieved of their careers to date.
Gigi Dall’Igna, Ducati Corse Common Supervisor
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Pictures
Bagnaia is now probably the most profitable rider within the historical past of Ducati, whereas Marquez’s back-to-back victories in Aragon and Misano are seen as an indication that there’s extra to come back from him within the coming years.
“For positive Pecco is likely one of the most necessary riders in Ducati historical past and doubtless an important as a result of no person received two riders championships [with Ducati],” he mentioned.
“Ducati is a special bike compared with the bike [Marquez] rode for all his profession. He tailored fairly properly and fairly quickly actually.
“He’s an eight-time world champion so he is likely one of the most necessary riders of the historical past of the MotoGP and I feel it is the explanation why he carried out so properly with our bike.”
Pramac rider Jorge Martin leads Bagnaia by simply seven factors heading to this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, whereas Marquez and Enea Bastianini even have an outdoor shot at this 12 months’s title.
Dall’Igna reiterated that Ducati will guarantee all 4 riders will get equal instruments to battle for the championship, whilst Martin and Bastianini put together to depart for Aprilia and KTM respectively subsequent season.
“We’re actually actually completely happy and proud actually of the job that we did,” he mentioned. “We’ve 4 riders within the entrance of all of the others.
“We’ve lots of riders that may struggle and attempt to win on the finish of the weekend. Pecco and Martin would be the two contenders, but additionally Enea and Marc have some probability to attain the outcomes.
“We give to all of them the absolute best probability to achieve their objectives, that is our job from the start to the tip of the season and we are going to do this.”
