Francesco Bagnaia’s relationship with Ducati has indeed soured after the 2025 MotoGP season.
The Italian was a golden knight for the Bologna Bullets, giving them two Premier League titles in 2022 and 2023. Mark Marquez He joined the team in 2025.
Naturally, Bagnaya He was expected to challenge the Spaniard for the title, but he was nowhere near it. Marquez won the championship with five rounds to go, while his team-mate finished P5 with only two races to win.
The 29-year-old struggled to make sense of the GP25, constantly complaining to his engineers about the bike. This led to rumors Conflict between Bagnaia and Ducati’s top managementthe rate of scoring has gotten worse as the season has progressed.
Despite the team’s efforts, including bringing GP24 components to the bike, he has retired in five of the last six races so far. Luigi Daligna says Ducati are ‘fed up’ with Bagnaia. And his bad results put his future in the team in doubt.
Ducati show ‘disdain’ for Francesco Bagnaia.
Ducati Now see Marquez as a priority in the squad, which suggests the Spaniard has entered negotiations for 2027 ahead of Bagnaia. And according to journalist David Emmett, the Italian sentiment made him look ‘contemptuous’.
Discussing MotoGP rider market on the Paddock Pass PodcastEmmett said: “This is exactly the point, the contracts, or certainly the voices talking to people in Sepang, that the contracts (signed) have already been signed, already done and dusted.
“Basically all the factory seats are full, so there’s no room. So Peco Bagnaia is on a different factory bike, or he’ll be on a Ducati, maybe a Gresini or a VR46, something like that.”
Then his colleague Neil Morrison asked: “But after winning two world championships and falling on the shoulders of the factory, do you think he will accept going to a satellite team?”
“He must still be riding under someone who looks down on him so much that it basically equates to feces on the floor.”
Emmett replied: “I mean, to me that’s the real reason he’s not on the VR46 and he’s not on the Ducati. Also, like, I mean, the main reason riders leave the factory is disdain. They feel like they’re not getting the respect they deserve.”
“And that to me, for sure, I think Peco Bagnaia doesn’t feel treated with respect by Ducati, for some reason. So I think he’s gone somewhere else.
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Where will Francesco Bagnaia go in 2027?
Ducati are happy with Bagnaia. After the pre-season test at Sepang because he feels more comfortable on the GP26. However, despite this, it is being said that he will be out of the team before the end of the season.
Marquez is set to partner with Pedro Acosta. At Ducati in 2027, with a KTM rider replacing the Italian. It needs to be found as a new factory Bagnaia says he will not join Ducati’s satellite team. Between links to VR46.
Jorge Lorenzo Bagnaya pointed to ApriliaLooking for someone who can replace George Martin with Noel’s clothes, because he can join Yamaha.
But Yamaha is also interested in Bagnaia Looking for a replacement for Fabio Quatararo. The two-time MotoGP champion has indicated he will decide his future before the season opener at Buriram, but his time at Ducati appears to be over.
