New footage has captured a behind-the-scenes catch-up between Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia at the Sepang test.
Bagnaia was enquiring about how Marquez fared on the Ducati, a bike which he is still getting to grips with.
Marquez’s showing at the preseason test in Sepang was low-profile although it did show signs of optimism.
Bagnaia asked him face-to-face: “What’s the bike like? Tough, huh?”Marquez: “Yes. Different…”
Bagnaia: “I was behind you and I saw that you were riding it like the Honda.”Marquez: “Yeah, I have to understand [how to ride it]. In this case, [the tyre] had 22 laps.”Bagnaia: “You could see it. ”Marquez: “But I have to understand how to do the time attacks.
“Because with the Honda you go into a corner and it starts to accelerate straight away.
“But, with this, it’s different.”Bagnaia: “Because this bike doesn’t turn.”Marquez: “Yes, the time attack is what I still have to understand.“The race pace is easier.”
Bagnaia: “Yes, because in the end, the bike is stationary, it’s stable.”
Marquez: “It’s stable, it just goes and goes and goes…”
Bagnaia: “Maybe it’s a little heavy. But it’s stable.”Marquez: “It doesn’t feel heavier.”
Bagnaia: “When I was watching the Honda it looked like it was faster in the changes of direction.”
Marquez: “When they put the big aerodynamics, no.”
Bagnaia: “The latest one?”
Marquez: “Yes.”Marquez, after leaving Repsol Honda and moving to Gresini Racing, will ride a GP23 Ducati this year.
