Ducati Corse basic supervisor Gigi Dall’Igna has warned that staying on the high of MotoGP “is rarely a foregone conclusion,” after the Italian producer bounced again from a troublesome weekend in Australia.
Ducati has received the MotoGP riders’ title for the previous 4 seasons and is unbeaten within the constructors’ for the final six seasons in a row.
However with newly topped champion Marc Marquez lacking Phillip Island – and the remaining 2025 rounds – as a consequence of harm, Ducati suffered its worst weekend in latest historical past in Australia.
Qualifying noticed the primary entrance row and not using a Ducati rider since 2020, adopted by the first-ever Dash race and not using a Desmosedici on the rostrum.
A grand prix runner-up end for VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio between the Aprilias of Raul Fernandez and Marco Bezzecchi salvaged some pleasure, however the manufacturing unit staff failed to attain a single level.
Francesco Bagnaia was nineteenth within the Dash earlier than crashing out of the grand prix, the place Marc Marquez’s alternative Michele Pirro completed final.
“After Australia, we actually wanted to get again to the highest, additionally to remind ourselves, as was so evident final Sunday, that staying on the high is rarely a foregone conclusion, however can solely however stem from fixed dedication,” Dall’Igna wrote on Linked In.
A lot to Ducati’s reduction, Bagnaia was again on kind at Sepang. The Italian claimed pole place and a Dash victory earlier than a puncture ended his hopes of a podium end within the grand prix.
Dall’Igna, Bagnaia, 2025 Malaysian MotoGP Dash
For Dall’Igna, probably the most encouraging signal was that “for the primary time this 12 months,” the staff efficiently circled a troublesome begin to a weekend for Bagnaia, hinting at progress in understanding the GP25’s dealing with inconsistencies.
“This was a fully optimistic weekend for Pecco,” Dall’Igna wrote. “We did a outstanding job…
“All in all, it was one of the vital optimistic weekends of the championship, each for our efficiency on the monitor, with a high spot on Saturday, however above all as a result of for the primary time this 12 months we managed to show round a really difficult Friday.
“It is a disgrace all of it did not end in the absolute best manner, however morale is excessive and we’re in good spirits: we are going to attempt to construct on what we did nicely right here, searching for the consistency degree that’s nonetheless eluding us.”
The Ducati racing boss additionally praised Alex Marquez, who received the Malaysian Grand Prix, rookie team-mate Fermin Aldeguer for clinching the Rookie of the 12 months title, and Gresini for securing the Impartial groups’ crown.
Dall’Igna concluded by sending his ideas to injured Moto3 riders Jose Antonio Rueda and Noah Dettwiler, severely damage in a pre-race sighting lap accident.
“Our heartfelt ideas and finest needs exit to Rueda and Dettwiler,” he mentioned. “Holding near them reminds us, regardless of all the things, to completely recognize the issues we’re experiencing.”
