Francesco Bagnaia faces a crucial season at Ducati in the upcoming MotoGP campaign, and the two-time premier class world champion has some fiery words for his critics from last year.
In that season covered by victory Mark Marquez showed, Francesco Bagnaia He has had a very difficult 12 months Ducati Profession.
Team leader David Tardozi He believes. Bagnaia now ‘understood’ why he fell behind Marquez So much so, that it certainly bodes well for the Italian manufacturer to regain its place as a leading rider in the future.
It is also a big improvement in fighting style. This is one of the main reasons why it is a season of woe. Bagnaia’s issues have baffled Ducati engineers..
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Francesco Bagnaia has addressed the ‘unnecessary’ criticism he received last year.
During an interview with the selected media, including Motorsport.comduring Ducati’s 2026 MotoGP launch event, Bagnaia addressed criticism at the peak of the fight in the Italian constructor last year.
The two-time MotoGP world champion had some fiery words for his critics when asked how his comments affected him at the time.
He said: “It depends on who the criticism is coming from, because 90% of it was unnecessary.
“In the end, I treated it as necessary: ​​when criticism is constructive, it’s worth accepting, listening to, and trying to assimilate.”
The struggles of the #63 in its fifth year at Borgo Panigale were the big narratives of last campaign.
GP25 was identified as the biggest issue for Bagnaia. Relatively early, but a solution to the problems never seemed to come.
The 29-year-old was believed to have turned the season around at the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, but his poor performances quickly returned in subsequent races.
Francesco Bagnaia insists his issues were not down to Ducati’s Marc Marquez
A tentative explanation for Bagnaia’s poor performance against the top-flight Marquez is the assumption that Borgo Pangale have supported the Spaniard during his development efforts.
Bagnaya denied bias. He reiterated his stance in a recent interview and at the Italian builder’s annual presentation last Monday.
He said: “Ducati allows you to approach the season in two different directions if necessary, as we did last year: in the end the bike was the same, but some details were not the same.
“So Ducati has always been very pioneering in this regard and has always allowed riders to choose their own equipment.”
