Bagnaia smashes lap record to take pole, Marquez crashes
World champion Francesco Bagnaia headed Jorge Martin in a tight pole battle at the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix, as a late crash for Marc Marquez left him seventh. Bagnaia and standings leader Martin traded all-time Assen lap records at the start of the Q2 session, before the former smashed it with a 1m30.540s with just […]
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 […]
How 24 hours changed the trajectory of Jorge Martin’s MotoGP career
On 30 May, ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, it looked certain that the eventuality everyone was anticipating for 2025 was coming to pass. Gazzetta dello Sport reported that championship leader Martin would be promoted to the factory Ducati team and the Italian marque was now waiting to get Marc Marquez’s answer on whether he […]
Martin to leave Ducati, paving way for Marquez factory MotoGP seat
Between the Barcelona and Mugello races, Ducati informed Jorge Martin that he was the chosen one to be Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate in 2025 in the official Ducati team. On the eve of the Italian Grand Prix, a senior factory executive welcomed the rider and they shook hands, thanking the championship leader for his patience and […]