A set of predictions for the 2025 MotoGP season have been delivered – and it hints at unhealthy information for the brand new champion.
The 2025 MotoGP rider line-up encompasses a much-changed solid, with champ Jorge Martin swapping Ducati for Aprilia.
Marc Marquez upgrades his year-old Ducati for a manufacturing facility seat alongside the model’s star Pecco Bagnaia in a duo who’re each anticipated to combat on the entrance – in all probability towards one another.
“Marquez would be the man to beat,” Marco Melandri informed GPOne.
“When he needs to be there, he’s there. He doesn’t make errors and even when rides go badly he straightens them out.
“He crashes greater than the others however he does it when he can afford to, which is in follow.
“The GP23 was removed from the GP24 however no-one else received forward of him with final 12 months’s bike. It is a vital yardstick.
“Ought to Martin get the higher of him, for Pecco it might be a lift, a stimulus for the response, likewise it might give him the data that he’s beatable.
“Nevertheless, I believe Marc will reap his rewards.”
Jorge Martin dominated out
Champion Martin can pay the value for stepping onto the much less aggressive Aprilia, Melandri believes.
“Subsequent 12 months, no,” Melandri mentioned.
“I actually don’t suppose they’ll shut such a major hole on Ducati, or at any charge to do it inside a season.
“The final time that the Aprilia received was in Barcelona, however the Desmosedici was shut.
“Jorge shouldn’t be Maverick Vinales or Aleix Espargaro, nonetheless I don’t count on to see him combat for achievement.”
MotoGP’s subsequent star tipped
Pedro Acosta will finally turn into a star in MotoGP, however in all probability not in 2025, Melandri insists.
Requested if Acosta might contend this 12 months, Melandri mentioned: “If the bike improves, sure.
“In the mean time KTM shouldn’t be having a golden second normally so it won’t be simple.
“However for my part, he’s the long run.”
Melandri added about Acosta: “With Vinales and Enea Bastianini within the staff, we’ll see his degree.
“But when he had a Ducati, he would already be combating on the entrance.”
