Marco Melandri has backed Yamaha to be the most improved MotoGP team in 2025, but doesn’t expect much from the other outfit as both their riders are ‘in trouble’.
Last year will be remembered Yamaha And their mechanics are the worst of the Japanese brand for a while MotoGP Team Championship. Yamaha finished 2024 in eighth place with 144 points, while rival Ducati claimed the title with 884 points.
Their worst finish followed Yamaha’s previous worst finish in 2023, which saw them finish seventh in the group with 196 points. Alex Reigns is struggling to match. Fabio Quatararo In his first season at Yamaha, he played a key role in the team’s woes with just 31 points.
Marco Melandri fears for Honda as Joan Mir and Luca Marini are ‘in trouble’.
Rins endured the worst MotoGP season of his career since joining Yamaha Quattararo struggled to hold onto the YZR-M1, which scored 113 points. But Melandri feels Yamaha will make a big improvement in 2025 with Pramac as their second factory team.
Melandri isn’t sure Honda will make much progress as he fears Joan Mir and Luca Marini are ‘in trouble’. It was a disaster last season for Honda, who finished last with just 35 points, and satellite team LCR came in late in ’86.
| 2024 MOTOGP Teams Championship Standings | |||
| POSITION | group | Bicycle | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | Ducati GP24 | 884 |
| 2 | Pramak | Ducati GP24 | 681 |
| 3 | Gresini | Ducati GP23 | 565 |
| 4 | Aprilia | Aprilia RS-GP24 | 353 |
| 5 | VR46 | Ducati GP23 | 318 |
| 6 | KTM | KTM RC16 | 304 |
| 7 | GASSGAS TECH3 | KTM RC16 | 242 |
| 8 | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 | 144 |
| 9 | Tracking house | Aprilia RS-GP23/24 | 141 |
| 10 | LCR | Honda RC213V | 86 |
| 11 | Honda | Honda RC213V | 35 |
“I believe the MotoGP team that will grow the most will be Yamaha,” explained Melandri. Moto Sprint. “Fabio Quatararo is strong and never gives up, and counting two more M1s counts a lot.
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“I don’t see Honda doing the same. The Knights are in trouble and behind him, I fear it will take a long time to get back on track.
Mir has 21 points from Honda’s 35 in 2024 after seven Grands Prix and one Sprint points-scoring. Marini has scored points in six Grands Prix, while LCR riders Johann Zarco and Takaki Nakagami – now an official HRC test driver – have 55 and 31 points respectively.
Luca Marini and Yohan Zarco share their concerns for Honda’s Marco Melandri in 2025.
Melandri is not the only one who is worried about the Japanese brand, as well Marini is worried that Honda will not catch Ducati Before MotoGP introduces new regulations in 2027. Honda is happy with the progress made, but they still finished last second on the pace.
Group manager Alberto Puig admitted that the Mir still cannot match the Honda bike And there is concern that the 2020 MotoGP champion may start to lose motivation. The 2024 season was more than a year to forget after Mir scored just 21 points and finished nine of the 20 Grands Prix.
Mir in 2010 He crashed more than any other Honda rider in 2024. It could be another challenging season for the Spaniard. Zarco fears Honda’s 2025 bike could be worse than 2024. After a private trial at Jerez.
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