Paul Espargaro Predicting more ‘struggles’ in 2026, they fear Ducati is hitting their ceiling.

Ducati has won the MotoGP title for the past four years Francesco Bagnaia in 2022 and 2023, Jorge Martin in 2024, and Mark Marquez In the year 2025

However, at the Thai Grand Prix, Ducati was not included on the Grand Prix podium or in the top five at the end of the inaugural Grand Prix.

The top Ducati rider at the Chang International Circuit was Fabio Di Giannantonio, sixth for the VR46 Racing Team on a factory Ducati GP26.

Is Ducati’s dominance in MotoGP finally over?

Pol Espargaro believes that Ducati ‘has a little room for improvement’

Red Bull KTM test rider, Paul EspargaroDucati discuss pre-season struggles and season opener Night radio stadium.

Speaking about the Italian manufacturer, Espargaro said he believes Ducati will continue to fight throughout the 2026 season.

Espargaro believes that the main reason behind Ducati’s struggles is that they have hit their growth ceiling under the current regulations and their room for improvement is limited.

Espargaro said: “We are seeing them struggle a bit before, not because they are not performing well, but because they have very little room for improvement, while other factories have a lot.”

He added: “What we will see in this first tournament will not be different from what we see all year.

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Apria looks to be one step ahead of Ducati in 2026.

Aprilia won the first Grand Prix of the season at the Thai Grand Prix as Marco Bezecchi dominated the race from the start to the checkered flag.

Ducati now fear that they are not ‘one step ahead’ after the opening race of the season, when Ducati had nothing to challenge the Aprilia..

Francesco Bagnaia appeared to have taken a step forward in the pre-season tests at Sepang and Buriram, but after the season opener Bagnaia admitted that Ducati was no longer ‘the fastest’.

Former MotoGP rider Marco Melandri weighed in on the situation at Ducati after the opening race, the Italian believes. Marc Marquez is not the ‘fastest’ rider in MotoGP..