by VALERIO BARRETTA
Marquez immediately sparks with Bagnaia
The contact between Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia at the end of the Portuguese Grand Prix it could be the detonator of the 2024 World Championship. Although the two have avoided explicitly making a controversy (but neither have they admitted fault for the accident), it is clear that the next races can say a lot about how the relations between the two Ducatisti.
For Johann Zarco, who made the opposite journey in the winter (from Ducati to Honda), the contact between the two was not accidental. The Spaniard, in fact, would not be in Ducati to participate and be satisfied with a placing, but to win the World Championship again even though he rides an older specification bike.
Zarco's words
“I think Marc in Ducati is the wolf in the henhouse. Pecco is very calm, but Marc is annoying, so it will be very interesting. And for Ducati, Marc's image is also huge“, these are his words reported by Brand. “I think that in his head Marquez wants to fight for the championship and join Valentino Rossi in the number of titles“.
Having Marquez in the team, on the other hand, entails privileges and risks. The competitiveness of the eight-time world champion goes beyond the “good neighborly” relationships with the Ducati riders, while the obvious difference in talent is enough to beat his brother Alex. Even riding a GP23, the Cabroncito he achieved a fourth place in Lusail and perhaps would have confirmed the top-5 in Portimão without the accident with Bagnaia.
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