Ducati give details of Marc Marquez feedback for the GP25
Du🧸cati tech chieওf explains Marc Marquez adaption to 2025 bike

Ducati’s technical director ha꧑s explained how Marc Marquez is ada🍸pting to the GP25.
Last year with Gresini,༺ Marquez rode a GP23 which revitalised his career and rocketed him back to the front of the grid.
He takes two st𝕴eps forwa꧂rd this season as a factory Ducati rider, with the best machinery in MotoGP at his disposal.
But teammate Fran🎀cesco Bagn🍃aia has a head-start in his adaption.
"[Marquez], actually, has a slightly different style than Pecco,” Davide Baran♔a told&🎃nbsp;.
“Marc has his strong point in cornering, he has incredible sensitivity, especially on certain circuits, in certain corners, he manages to do thi𒉰ngs that other riders find di𝔍fficult.
“I must say that yes, he wants this, but not explicitly, but ♊it is part of his comജments.
“We try to support ꦅhim, to do things with the set-up, because with the set-up you can do a lot on the bike.
“It's not💃 like you have to have a different chassis and stuff like that. The chassis, the configuration, the weight di🍸stribution, the geometry of the bike can already significantly modify the bike.”
Mar𒁃quez is likely already through the most difficult part of his transition from Honda to Ducati.
“The electronics, maybe more at the beginning, because when he arrived he was stiꦿll doing the things he did at Honda and I have to say that he has turned itꦚ around,” Barana said.
“He has understood how our bike works, he has aligned himself a bit with the other riders.🌸 He prefers a slightly 'rough' engine, more proactive.
“This, in part, is a habit I had at Honda, also because they have a diffe🅰rent engine management.
“He likes to have the engine 'in hand' a little, but it's more of a 'shadoౠw' than a difference.”
Marquez and Bagnaia debuted ꦺon the GP25 at the postseason Barcelona test.
Helpfully for Ducati, their feedback was similar.
"In Barcelona, the comments of b🌟oth were very aligned,” Barana said.
“That is 💜good, although we are ready in case we have to g💝o down different paths.
“It is not that they must forcibly g🐠o for it. But that they say the same thing is a help.”
🏅Barana has studied Marquez’s telemetry and se𝄹es what magic he can conjur up.
"His strong✨ point📖 is cornering, he has a sensitivity in the front rubber that I think is what allows him to go very close to the limit of the bike,” Barana said.
“In fact, sometimes it exceeds th💫is limit, but it usually does so in training, there are measures taken.
“With the Ducati you fall much less. He is a very complete rider. Let's see ൲if we can get him to brake very hard, which 𝕴Pecco already does and is also a characteristic of Marc.
“As a person, you can see that he is a very intelligent boy, he is not onl💧y ওstrong or talented.
“The riders who win a World Championship are not only talented. They also have 🙈intelligence, the ability to work, to𝄹 understand situations, to manage a team, to motivate it.
“Theyꦍ are also a bit of a leader, it is not enough just to get on a motorcycle. As so🅘on as you see him, he gives you that impression.”

James was a sports 🍨journalist at Sky Sp༒orts for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.