RiderTua.com – Ducati is advised to postpone deciding who will ride its second factory bike next year. As is known, Pecco Bagnaia is tied to a long-term contract but his teammate Enea Bastianini is not. That means the best bike on the MotoGP track is currently up for grabs in the 2025 season. As a result, Ducati’s decision will likely be the first ‘domino’ before riders commit to other teams. Seeing that Lenovo’s Ducati line-up is now an Italiano duo, wouldn’t it be ideal if one of them was from Spain? commercial reasons because fans of the Ducati brand are not only in Italy. On the other hand, Aprilia, because it is an Italian manufacturer, must have one Italian rider, namely Bastianini..
Gavin Emmett (a broadcaster) said, “Whatever happens Jorge Martin will not be at Pramac next year. The team has said that and he has confirmed that. Then the question is, and he said it himself, ‘will he wear the race shirt red next year?”
Ducati must postpone the decision on who will be Pecco Bagnaia’s teammate
Gavin Emmett added, “That’s where he’s aiming. He would love to be on a factory Ducati in red. The question is, does the factory Ducati want that enough to sign him now and get it done?”
“They have to look after Bastianini’s potential throughout the season, because they also have Marc Marquez on the other side, and if there is another rider who has performed quite brilliantly this year, they want to have that potential there. So are they going to move quickly enough to get Jorge Martin gave him a ‘red card’? I don’t know.”
Regarding Franky in the Pramac team who has so far been disappointing, Emmett revealed that unfortunately Franco Morbidelli looks like a ‘dead man walking’ at the moment. In fact he has a bright year ahead of him after missing all the pre-season testing to prove his worth, because we all know that he has potential. It’s going to be a long wait.
“Marco Bezzecchi hopes to ride a factory bike while there is Fabio Quartararo who seems to want to ride a different bike from Yamaha. There are so many unknowns. That’s why this season will be the hottest season of rider changes ever,” he added.
“So for Ducati, this means they can force this decision. The fact is that all riders want to ride their bikes. Is that enough for Jorge Martin? He wants to be wanted, wants to be someone’s factory rider. So it’s an interesting time in terms of signing a contract.”
In the first 2 series of the 2024 season, Gresini team newcomer Marc Marquez appeared impressive, Emmett asked whether Ducati didn’t want Marc Marquez, the biggest name in bike racing, on their bike? According to him we would be annoyed if they said they didn’t want it.
There is a possibility that Marc could win within 3 race weeks and that would surprise many people. This will be interesting to see. “This means that if they are behind the Ducati team, no matter how strong Bagnaia is there, they still want Marc Marquez on their bike… But what is clear is that Marc’s results must take priority,” concluded Gavin Emmett.
