2025 MotoGP title fight won’t be between just me and Bagnaia
Marc Marquez doesn’t think the 2025 MotoGP season will be a duopoly between him and Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, despite the popular belief. Ducati is expected to dominate MotoGP until the end of the current rules cycle on the back of its stellar 2024 season, in which it won 19 out of the 20 grands […]
When you win all the time, you become unpopular with rivals
Jorge Martin’s 2024 title on a satellite Ducati and the record-breaking achievements of the Italian manufacturer in the last three years – with 55 wins in 78 races – underline the role of Gigi Dall’Igna, the architect of its historical supremacy. The final result of the 2024 season validated Martín’s campaign as more consistent than that of […]
Ducati “now regretting» not signing me for 2025 MotoGP seat
Jorge Martin believes Ducati must be regretting passing him over for a factory MotoGP seat after his triumph over Francesco Bagnaia in the 2024 title battle. Martin was denied a promotion to Ducati’s official team for 2025 after four years at its satellite Pramac squad, with the Borgo Panigale marque instead opting for the star power of six-time premier […]
New Ducati GP25 a “huge” step forward from 2024 MotoGP bike
Francesco Bagnaia has said he can already notice a “huge” difference between Ducati’s new MotoGP prototype and the outgoing GP24 bike with which he took 11 grand prix wins this year. The two-time MotoGP champion got his first opportunity to sample an early version of the GP25 that he will be racing in 2025 when he […]
Details of Marc Marquez’s first test with factory Ducati emerge
Marc Marquez will make his debut as a factory Ducati team rider in Tuesday’s official MotoGP test in Barcelona wearing an all-red suit without personal sponsorship branding on a one-off basis. The Spaniard will start a new chapter in 2025 and will once again have all the muscle that drives a factory team after a season […]
I will learn to finish fifth instead of crashing after MotoGP title defeat
Francesco Bagnaia says he will learn that it’s better to accept defeat than go over the limit and crash, as he seeks to retake the MotoGP title in 2025. Despite winning 11 of the 20 grands prix this year, plus seven additional victories in sprints, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia lost out on this year’s championship […]
Bagnaia knew his title chances were slim after Malaysia blunder
Francesco Bagnaia says he was aware it was going to be a tough task to win the 2024 MotoGP title after he crashed out of the sprint race for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia was running second behind Pramac rival Jorge Martin in the short-distance race at Sepang when he dumped his […]
How Bagnaia’s task in Barcelona compares to Lorenzo, Hayden turnarounds
Francesco Bagnaia needs more than a victory to come away from the Barcelona Grand Prix as a three-time MotoGP champion. Only some misfortune on Jorge Martin’s part could swing the title battle in his favour in the final round of the season. The factory Ducati rider rode admirably on Saturday to clinch victory in the […]
You will have to shoot Martin for him to finish worse than fourth
Ducati team boss Davide Tardozzi joked that someone would have to shoot Pramac rider Jorge Martin for him to finish lower than fourth in Sunday’s MotoGP finale in Barcelona. Martin is on the verge of winning the 2024 MotoGP title in his final race appearance on a Ducati, despite factory rider Francesco Bagnaia comprehensively outperforming […]