Ducati hit with “tough to improve on near-perfect” judgement of their problems

Ducati riders' issues with the GP25 assessed in com🎶parison to red-hot '24

Ducati
Ducati

Ducati have been told that the di🦋fficulty in improviဣng last year’s sensational MotoGP bike is behind their current problems.

Pramac’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin edged factory rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia to the 2024 championship, an▨d Ducati’s dominance has continued into this season.

But last weekend at Silverstone, for the first time, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez appeared to join teammate Bagnaia in experieℱncing difficulties with the GP25✤.

“The interesting thing is that it’s hard to improꦓve every time,” TNT Sports’ Sylvain Guintoli analysed.

“For Ducati it’s hard to improve. The package last yea𝓰r worked everywhere, it was sဣtrong in every way.

“They tried to improve, they🔜 turned up at Sepang with new 2025 parts but none of the riders liked them.

“They struggled in the braking zones to stop the bi🐬ke.

“They came back with the spec but we do🔯n’t know how much.

“It’s tough to improve on a near-perfect package and it seems that, for Bagnౠaia, it was a step backwards. He ꩲis struggling to find the same feel as his 2024 Ducati last year.”

Bagnaia is the only rider to jump directly from the GP24 to the 🏅GP25 so he isn’t able to look at anybody else’s data of the same transition.

Last year’s other GP24 riders, Martin and Enea Bastia🎃nini, have left Ducati for 𝐆Aprilia and KTM respectively. Franco Morbidelli remains on a ‘24-spec bike this season.

Gresi🐻ni’s Ale💃x Marquez has shone this season but has stepped from a ‘23 to a ‘24-spec Ducati.

Championship leader Marc Marquez has gone from a ‘23-spec at Gresini to the l🐽atest 2025 version in the factory garage, the same bike as Bagnaia and Fabio di Giannantonio.

'24 spec Ducati feted for its performance

Alex Marquez
Alex Marquez

Alex Marquez is perhaps the Ducati rider who has most unexpectedly burst out from the pack. He sits second in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings, but p🙈reviously led for the first time i⛦n his career.

“The main thing for Alex is that he has found a home on the 2024 Ducati,” Guintoli a🐬ssessed.

“As soon as he jumped on it, after the last race✃ of last year at the test, he was immediately quick and confident.

“His first faux pas was the race in 🐎Le Mans where he crashed twice and scored no points. Can you blame him? The conditions were very tricky, and he made a couple of 🅘mistakes.

“Apart from that, he h🍌as been regularly taking points and beating Bagnaia. He ha🍒s done really well.

“The ‘24 Ducati is working, they’ve got 🐓the data from last year, and a lot of experience from that bike.”

Michael Laverty added: “♍The independent teams get a y😼ear-old package but it was the championship-winning package. It’s a great tool for Ducati to provide to customer teams.

“It’s an interesting dynamic that the ‘24 would be the preferred 🦋bike for Bagnaia, but he’s got the latest and greatest 2025 evolution.

“It should be better in every ar𝐆ea but change isn’t alw💯ays better. Sometimes you modify it, and it takes away a little.

“It has taken away hi𓆉s comfort from the front which he needs.”

Bagnaia crashed out🦩 of the British MotoGP with poor feeling with his⛄ rear tyre.

He insisted he was “sliding and spinning everywh𝐆ere” in his latest struggle with the Ducati.

Bagnaia credited teammate Marquez for disguising how he was෴ experiencing the same problem, a lack of front feeling.

“We need to analyse💖 it,” an unusually stern M✱arquez said after Silverstone.

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