Gresini, factory team only options to stay at Ducati fold in MotoGP 2025
Marquez’s future had been of much speculation in recent months, as Ducati evaluates him for a possible promotion to the works team alongside Francesco Bagnaia on the back of his impressive adaptation to the Desmosedici at Gresini. However, championship leader Jorge Martin’s current form with Pramac, combined with his stance that he will not settle […]
“It’s not an option for me”
This comes following reports this morning, first from Gazzetta dello Sport, that Ducati has decided to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team seat for 2025. Ducati had already outlined this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix as the place to make its decision, though said earlier this week that it wouldn’t make an announcement. Over the […]
The Ducati MotoGP number sequence Marc Marquez could extend at Mugello
At the Spanish Grand Prix this year, Marc Marquez scored his first grand prix podium aboard the Gresini-run 2023-spec Ducati he ditched the factory Honda for. As the Italian GP approaches, a sequence of win milestones throughout Ducati’s history corresponding to rider numbers could be added to by Marquez. Back at the second round of […]
The cases Marquez and Martin are making for a Ducati MotoGP ride
Let’s be upfront about it and admit that the story is slightly altered. While it is true that the first part of the equation must be cleared up by Ducati, the problem will not be completely solved until the chosen rider signs the contract. Of the three who started the race for that second factory […]
Ducati won’t make 2025 factory MotoGP seat decision at Mugello
Over the last few weeks, Ducati management has suggested that it wants to make a decision on who partners Bagnaia in 2025 by the Mugello race. Coming into this weekend’s seventh round of the year, it appears the decision is between championship leader Jorge Martin and eight-time grand prix world champion Marc Marquez. While a […]
Marquez “not proud” of recent MotoGP comebacks after latest podium
The Gresini Ducati rider failed to get out of Q1 two weeks ago at the French GP but managed to recover from 13th on the grid to finish second in both the sprint and grand prix at Le Mans. At this weekend’s Catalan GP, Marquez qualified a lowly 14th due to difficulties in extracting the best from […]
Why MotoGP comeback king Marquez is struggling in qualifying lately
The Gresini Ducati rider is quickly adapting himself from the Honda he rode for 11 years to the GP23 he has now, scoring podiums in four of the six sprints and twice in the previous two grands prix. But his last three weekend podiums have come after being forced to fight back from poor qualifying […]
Marquez expected to face “nightmare” Q1 at Barcelona MotoGP
The Gresini Ducati rider was expected to fight for a first MotoGP win on the Desmosedici coming to Barcelona after back-to-back grand prix podiums at Jerez and Le Mans. But he downplayed this ahead of the weekend as Barcelona has typically been a weaker track for the six-time MotoGP world champion, who has only won […]
Why Marquez is the key to Pramac’s continuation with Ducati in MotoGP
Pramac has until the summer to unilaterally validate the agreement that would allow it to remain the only team with full factory support from Ducati in 2025 and 2026. Renewing the agreement would maintain its current conditions, so that the two riders in its line-up would be hired directly by the Bologna factory, and both […]