Pecco Bagnaia in stinging Marc Marquez jibe as Ducati MotoGP ace shows true colours

Pecco Bagnaia says that Marc Marquez's arrival at Ducati won't change his approach.

Eight time world champion Marquez has joined Bagnaia at Ducati's factory MotoGP team for 2025, after a sensational return to form on a year-old Gresini bike after three years battling career threatening injuries whilst at Honda. The move saw the Bologna marque let world champion Jorge Martin leave for rivals Aprilia - despite lifting the world championship - and will see Valentino Rossi prodigy Bagnaia paired with veteran Marquez for the first time.

But the 2022 and 2023 premier class world champion insists that he won't change anything about his super clean style when asked about comments made by team boss Davide Tardozzi in a behind-the-scenes documentary, where he was urged to be less of a gentleman with his rivals on the track. He said: "I will let him (Marc) be the ungentleman. I will be the gentleman, I will always be like this and I won't change at any time.

"It's super exciting to have Marc in the team, it's absolutely the strongest team on the grid. I think we can take advantages from it, I will try to learn from some things about Marc. I think he will adapt super quickly to the team, for the first part of the test we will work together to try and improve the bike. Then what will happen will happen. Who will win will win, but the potential is there."

When asked if fans could expect to see a different Pecco Bagnaia in 2025 the former Pramac rider replied: "They better not, considering the results it's better to not change myself. In any case I have just got to improve myself and take a little step. I think it will be a super exciting season, with a new teammate and new bike.

"It's difficult to be sad about what we did last year,