Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia has endured a torrid year in 2025, with the Italian battling for the MotoGP title and finishing fifth in the last four seasons.
Ahead of the 2025 MotoGP season, Bagnaya Since joining the factory, he has never finished outside of the top two positions in the riders’ rankings Ducati Team in 2021. The 28-year-old has never taken Grand Prix victories, podiums and pole positions for the Bologna Bullets.
Bagnaia scored two Grands Prix, eight podiums and just three poles in 2025’s record 22 rounds. The native of Turin took 12 laps to take his first pole and 17 laps to take his first victory.
In the third round. Bagnaia won the American Grand Prix after Marc Marquez crashed From the leadership of COTA. But it was really Bagnaia’s performance at the 17th round, beating Marquez to win the Sprint and Grand Prix at Motegi at the weekend from the Dragon, his team-mate taking the title.
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Massimo Rivola In 2025, Francesco Bagnaia thinks that the only thing he has lost is ‘confidence’
Bagnaia’s inability to adapt to Ducati’s ride height device in 2025 He played a central role in the problems. Matters have snowballed, especially after the summer break, as the Japanese GP saw the Italian slip to fifth in the standings, his only podium in the last 10 Grands Prix.
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However, Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola he said. Gazzetta dello Sport According to Bagnaia, “everything” is needed to rebuild the name damaged by Ducati in 2026. The only thing the two-time champion has lost in 2025 is the confidence of seeing what Marquez has to offer in GP25.
Rivola: “I think Peco has everything he needs to rebuild himself at Ducati. He doesn’t have to prove his speed to anyone, but he has to gain a bit of confidence.”
Francesco Bagnaia must rebuild himself to save his Ducati MotoGP career.
Bagnaia seems to agree with Rivola’s belief that the Ducati rider in 2016 It’s just a matter of gaining some confidence to come back in the 2026 season. Bagnaia feels that he needs to “regain the feeling” with the Ducati Since the speed is not lost.
The end of the 2025 season was particularly damaging to Bagnaia’s confidence and reputation at Ducati. Bagnaya’s win in Japan dropped him to fifth in the standings, ending one of the last seven Grands Prix. Now, even his days at Ducati may be numbered.
It is said that Ducati decided to release Bagnaia when his contract expired After the 2026 season. Bagnaia (288 points) was the last straw to end the 2025 season ahead of Gresini’s Alex Marquez (467), Aprilia’s Marco Bezecchi (353) and KTM’s Pedro Acosta (307).
