Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia enters 2026 with a fresh mindset, as the Italian admits his attitude in 2025 was a direct factor behind his disastrous year with the Bulls of Bologna.
Bagnaya He won the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP rider titles Ducati In 2007, they won their first crown since Casey Stoner won the world. The Turin native is 26 points shy of the 2021 title and 10 points short in 2024, but finished the 2025 season 257 points shy.
Marc Marquez led Bagnaia by 267 points as the Spaniard won the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix at Round 17 of 22. Bagnaia took just 10 points from the deficit to his Ducati team-mate, despite Marquez missing the final four rounds of 2025 through injury.
in meditation, Bagnaia “realized he could have done more” to adapt to the Ducati 2025 bike.He failed to improve his feeling for the GP25 front section throughout the season. His issues ultimately failed to finish six of the last seven Grands Prix in 2025.
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Francesco Bagnaia ‘pays’ for podium or P4 finish as 2025 Argentine GP
Bagnaia won the Japanese GP and the final seven rounds of the Motegi Sprints from pole position in the sole Grand Prix. He crashed at Misano, Mandalica, Phillip Island, Portimão and Valencia, and was forced to retire at Sepang due to a puncture.
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Such a disappointing finish to the 2025 campaign has led Bagnaia to realize that he has lost out on “result value” after fighting for the title in each of the past four seasons. Bagnaia admits it will now “pay” as a result of a P4 finish at the 2025 Argentine GP.
Bagnaia told him PecinoGP: “Finishing third last year was a very frustrating moment for me. And when you lose the value of the result, you lose your way a little bit in my opinion. That was something that stopped me from performing to the best of my ability.”
“There were good results, for example I finished fourth in Argentina, which was the best I could do considering the problems I was having on the ride at the time, which I paid for fourth place at the end of the championship.”
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Bagnaia has started the 2025 MotoGP season on the back foot compared to Marquez, as he has one win, one P2 finish, five P3 finishes and two P4 finishes in the first 12 rounds. Márquez meanwhile has eight wins, a P2 finish and a P3 before the summer break.
in addition, Bagnaia won the US GP only after Marquez crashed. from the lead in the third round at COTA last March. As Marquez continued to dominate until suffering a shoulder injury last October, Bagnaia’s efforts to secure his position after the summer break have become more difficult.
A P4 finish would have been poor for Bagnaia, who have battled for the title in all four seasons. Bagnaia only finished on the podium five times in 20 races in 2023 and four times in 20 races in 2024. Now, the Italian realizes that success has eluded him.
