VR46 Franco Morbidelli has no interest in riding the Ducati GP25, with Marc Marquez confirming his concerns after the 2026 Sepang test, which secured the 2025 MotoGP title.
Marquez He was in a class of his own last year when he swept his seventh premiership crown to date in record-breaking fashion. Ducati Celebrated throughout the last year, later Marquez won the 2025 MotoGP title in five rounds And won 11 Grands Prix from 18 starts.
But Marquez was the only rider who could make the GP25 work as regularly as his Ducati team-mate. Francesco Bagnaia and VR46’s Fabio D’Giantantonio Often fighting with the front. Bagnaia is fifth in the 2025 standings, and Di Giannantonio is sixth.
still, Morbidelli tested the Ducati GP25 at the 2026 Sepang test. Earlier this month, and it wasn’t very good for the 31-year-old. Morbidelli said he felt comfortable with the GP25 when using the medium rear Michelin tire and then lost all feeling with the softer tyres.
VR46 want Franco Morbidelli to ride the Ducati GP24 during the 2026 MotoGP season.
in order to, Gazzetta dello Sport As reported now VR46 Ducati are ‘considering’ abandoning the GP25 as Morbidelli plans to re-enter the GP24 he used during the 2025 MotoGP season. Di Giannantonio will ride the GP26 in 2026 as the VR46 star has a factory contract with Ducati.
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VR46 refused to accept Ducati for Morbidelli GP25 in 2026. In 2025, Di Giannantonio and Bagnaia agreed to at least see Morbidelli test the bike in Sepang due to the problems they endured with the bike, which they confirmed they did not want.
It remains to be seen what bike Morbidelli will ride in the 2026 campaign, as Gazzetta dello Sport suggests that Ducati could offer a modified version of the GP24 for the VR46, incorporating a few GP25 updates. It is not clear what the improvements will be.
Franco Morbidelli In 2025, he finished only three of the last 10 Grands Prix in the top five.
In the year In 2026 MotoGP season If VR46 can convince the Borgo Panigale crew to offer their 2024 package to the team again, it will mark Morbidelli’s third campaign on the Ducati GP24. Morbidelli rode for Pramac GP24 in 2024 before joining VR46 for the 2025 season.
VR46 Morbidelli finished seventh in 2025 aboard GP25 and scored 231 points for Di Giannantonio with 262 points in GP24 of the year. Morbidelli scored two Grand Prix podiums last year to his teammate’s four, but the race came down to the first four rounds.
Morbidelli finished third at the 2025 Argentina Grand Prix as well as the Qatar Grand Prix, albeit behind KTM Tech3. Maverick Vinales missed the P2 finish in the 2025 Qatar GP Due to tire pressure penalty. It has secured one of the two Sprint platforms in Qatar (P3) for 2025.
The Italian’s other sprint podium of the 2025 season came with another P3 in Hungary. But Morbidelli has only finished in the top three of his last 10 Grands Prix, P4 in San Marino and Malaysia and P5 in Japan, and has not finished three races.
