Through “Inside Ducati”, a series produced on YouTube by the Italian brand, a background of the Catalonia GP emerges. Pecco, disappointed, vents with Marc: “Incredible how much it goes slowly compared to 2024”. The Spaniard: “You have to reset”

Federico Mariani

11 September – 19:01 – MILAN

The Lenovo Ducati team is experiencing a 2025 from the two faces. On the one hand there is Marc Marquez, undisputed dominator of the MotoGP World Cup with 10 races and 14 sprints won after 15 rounds; On the other hand, here is Francesco Bagnaia, who, after the triumph in Texas, lived a clear drop, culminating in the last disappointing weekends. By adding up the placements in Austria, Hungary and Catalonia, Pecco has scored just 24 points. The number frames the negative moment of Italian very well. Sometimes, however, help can also come from a rival. This is what happened to Bagnaia himself, who in Montmelò received some advice from Marquez.

reset

The background was revealed by “Inside Ducati”, the episode of a necklace produced on YouTube by the Italian brand. The series tells anecdotes and details of life in the pits. At the end of the sprint in Catalonia, won by Marc, the Spaniard confronted his teammate. And Pecco, only fourteenth in the short race, did not hide a certain despair: “The front closes and does not turn. It is incredible how strong I went last year and how much it goes slowly now. When you lose confidence it is everything …”. A reference to the comparison between the GP24, led by Bagnaia during 2024, and the current GP25. Marquez tried to console Italian: “You have to arrive on a track and immediately make a reset. Misano is an ideal track, it could be the right track”. A advice that has not completely reassured Pecco.

patience

Francesco, in fact, hoped to find positive answers already in Montmelò, a track on which he won twice in 2024: “This circuit also seemed suitable for me …”. Marc, on the other hand, focused on a long -term period: “When the media questions begin to drop, the situation will improve”. A point of view immediately shared by Bagnaia himself: “I agree, also because today something cannot be said …”. Marquez concluded: “Also because it is always the same thing: Thursday, Friday, Saturday … you will see, step by step will go better”. Calm and patience: with these ingredients, suggested from an eight times world champion, Pecco can return to the top.



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