A current coaching session for Marc Marquez between MotoGP rounds coincided with the launch of Ducati’s latest bike.
Marquez, an avid motocrosser and basic fan of filth bikes, was out coaching on one of many final reminders of his profitable interval with Honda: a CRF450R.
The Ducati Lenovo Workforce rider swapped out his CBR600RR coaching bike this 12 months for a Ducati Panigale V2 S which he has ridden repeatedly on the Aspar Circuit within the first months of 2025. His brother and present MotoGP factors chief, Alex Marquez, is reportedly additionally set to quickly obtain a Panigale V2 S.
The results of that swap for Marc Marquez, although, is that the CRF450R is the one remaining Honda bike that he makes use of for coaching.
However his current session on it might show to be one of many final, as Ducati yesterday launched its latest bike: the Desmo450 MX.
It’s not a motorbike that has not been seen earlier than – actually it’s been racing since final 12 months, when Alessandro Lupino received the Italian Motocross Status MX1 collection on it – however it’s one that’s but to enter dealerships.
Ducati introduced that the bike will start arriving in European dealerships in June 2025, and Marquez’s standing as a manufacturing facility Ducati rider should absolutely give him the potential for getting a motorbike if he needs one.
Ducati’s starting in motocross has been barely combined, with the Desmo450 MX acquiring robust top-10 outcomes courtesy of Mattia Guadagnini and Jeremy Seewer within the opening three rounds of the 2025 MXGP World Championship; however, alternatively, Guadagnini just lately introduced that he’ll miss a number of races by way of harm, as he fractured six damaged ribs whereas coaching for this weekend’s race within the deep sand of Riola Sardo in Sardinia.
Ducati additionally just lately revealed the 250cc model of its Desmo MX, with the Desmo250 MX taking a third-place end on debut within the Italian Motocross Status MX2 championship with the aforementioned Lupino, who had been 10 years with out racing a 250cc four-stroke bike.
