Marquez doesn’t feel «guilty» for Pramac/Ducati MotoGP split
Marc Marquez says he ‘doesn’t feel guilty’ about Pramac leaving Ducati for Yamaha for the 2025 MotoGP season because he feels “I didn’t do anything”. On Friday afternoon at the Dutch Grand Prix, Pramac confirmed Motorsport.com’s earlier reports that it would be ditching Ducati for Yamaha from 2025. The move comes in the wake of […]
The Ducati MotoGP power dynamics Bagnaia must now manage
Reigning double MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia believes Marc Marquez «is smart and he’ll understand» how to maintain Ducati’s success in 2025. Following the Italian Grand Prix, Ducati announced it has signed Marquez to a two-year contract to join its factory team from 2025 alongside Bagnaia. Marquez’s refusal to take a factory bike at Pramac […]
The full circle moment in Marquez’s 2025 MotoGP future news
Marc Marquez has spoken about his signing with the factory Ducati MotoGP team for 2025 for the first time publicly ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix. Following the Italian GP three weeks ago, Ducati announced that it had signed the eight-time world champion to its factory team for 2025 – going against its original decision […]
Hamilton backs Marquez’s «awesome» Ducati MotoGP move
Like Hamilton, who has signed for Ferrari next season for a fresh challenge after 12 seasons at Mercedes, six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez has also joined an Italian team in Ducati. The 31-year-old severed his ties with Honda at the end of 2023, one year before his contract was to expire, following a slump in […]
Why letting Marquez walk away would have been Ducati’s greatest MotoGP blunder
Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta described the situation as a “soap opera”. Motorsport.com’s revelation on Monday 3 June that Ducati had made a U-turn on its decision to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team in favour of Marc Marquez wasn’t followed by an Eastenders-style cliffhanger outro. But it was the bombshell the 2025 MotoGP rider […]
Signing Marquez creates “best team in Ducati history” in MotoGP
On Wednesday 5 June, Ducati officially announced it had signed eight-time world champion Marquez to a two-year factory deal – confirming Motorsport.com reports earlier in the week. It came as Marquez forced Ducati management into a U-turn on its decision to promote Jorge Martin to the factory squad, after the former said no to the […]
Signing Marquez creates “best team in Ducati history” in MotoGP
On Wednesday 5 June, Ducati officially announced it had signed eight-time world champion Marquez to a two-year factory deal – confirming Motorsport.com reports earlier in the week. It came as Marquez forced Ducati management into a U-turn on its decision to promote Jorge Martin to the factory squad, after the former said no to the […]
The immediate fallout from Marquez’s Ducati MotoGP power play
In just four days, Marc Marquez has brought Ducati to its knees, irritated reigning double world champion Francesco Bagnaia and surely his mentor Valentino Rossi, and redoubled his chances of winning this title to justify his choice ahead of Jorge Martín. As much as there were people within the paddock who felt that the Spaniard […]
Marc Marquez’s path to becoming a factory Ducati MotoGP rider
The eight-time world champion, for the first time in his MotoGP career, is not racing within a factory team after electing to quit Honda to join the Gresini squad on a year-old Ducati. While once a move that would have seen him slide down the order, the current competitive nature of MotoGP means you can […]