Giacomo Agostini predicts jealousy between Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia

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Agostini’s words

Giacomo Agostini spoke ahead of testing in Thailand: "Ducati has an excellent bike, at Borgo Panigale they have something in their pockets to manage their superiority, but I think even with the new GP25 they are looking for something moreù».

"Marquez and Bagnaia? The mate è the first rival, they will never be friends with each other: the House has to give them both the same material and every update and they have to be smart not to get out of line. At the wall you can put Tardozzi or Agostini, but if a driver è in the fight he only thinks about beating the opponent, find the overtake and take off 5 meters later, not about what they told him in the pits".

"Who do I see as the favorite? È tough. We are talking about two champions and two great professionals: one more methodical and embedded in the team, the other more aggressive. They will be jealous of each other: I predict a head-to-head".

"Who has more pressure? They’ll both have it, but Marc left Honda by giving up a lot of money and last year he accepted a private team to return to the top: he certainly has more’hunger than Bagnaia".

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