In the year One of the ongoing narratives of the 2025 MotoGP season is Ducati’s factory-spec GP25, and Matt Oxley has shared details on how far back the Italian builder will go after 2024.
One could be forgiven for thinking that the GP25 is a step up from the GP24. Mark Marquez In 2025 on the unique factory bike, high dominance, but struggles Francesco Bagnaia And Fabio D’Giantantonio It cannot be deleted.
After missing out on the 2024 title by just 10 points in a season that saw them finish at the top of the podium 18 times in both formats. Bagnaya has fought hard in his 2025 term..
Now the future of the Borgo Pangale-based clothing factory is in question. If he can’t match Marquez next year, he could well find himself competing elsewhere on the grid in 2027.
Marquez’s result certainly helped Ducati’s confidence. In GP25, however, compared to last season, it’s hard to admit it’s a step up.
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Matt Oxley shares information on how far back Ducati has come with the GP25.
In the latest episode of Oxley Bomb MotoGP PodcastFormer motorcycle racer Matt Oxley He shared the data he collected showing exactly how much rearward action the GP25 has compared to the previous GP24.
The English journalist said: “I went through the 2024 to 2025 tournaments, there are 11 that you can do a back-to-back comparison.
“There are people whose races were a lap shorter or sometimes the weather wasn’t the same and you couldn’t. There were 11 races where the conditions were the same.
Six of them won in 2016. It was slower than in 2024. And clearly that winner was usually Marquez. It would beat them all, but it was slow.
“Three were faster, and two were similar. After this huge jump in 2024, you really had a step back, which fits the narrative that GP25 wasn’t as good as GP24.”
“Interestingly, the only place where Bagnaya won both 24 and 25 was at Motegi, where his run time was exactly the same, exactly the same as the second one.
“They were slow at Barcelona, ​​they were slow at Mugello, they were slow at Assen and they were slow at the Sachsenring. These are all places where Marquez won.”
Interestingly, Resurrection of Bagnaya in Motegi It came to support those on the GP24 by exchanging some parts on the GP25.
The Italian rider was perfect all weekend, taking pole position, a sprint race win and a Grand Prix victory, all without conceding the lead at any point.
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Ducati have some big decisions ahead of the upcoming MotoGP campaign
If Aprilia is a real threat Ducati Struggling to top the premier class at the end of the 2025 season, Borgo Panigale must ensure that their new factory bikes are capable of giving their riders an equal chance of scoring Grand Prix victories.
It is reported that Marquez represented some development decisions to Bagnaia for 2026, but the Italian developer is understood to have stopped by to make sure the Spaniard is happy with the direction they are currently taking.
Marco Bezecchi finished the year with two wins in the Grand Prix format, securing third place in the riders’ championship.
Sure, Marquez was recovering from a broken collarbone he suffered in Indonesia, but still, Alex Marquez couldn’t replicate his sprint race form at the all-important Grand Prix.
