The primary 5 races of the 2025 MotoGP season have delivered loads of drama, but additionally on huge disappointment.
All expectations within the pre-season have been for Ducati’s manufacturing facility staff duo Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia to be at one another’s throats from the primary spherical in what was shaping as much as be a hard-fought title battle.
However to this point, Marquez has received three of the primary 5 GPs and all 5 sprints, whereas Bagnaia has only one win to his credit score.
After the Spanish Grand Prix, Bagnaia is 20 factors off the championship lead and 19 factors behind Marc Marquez after ending third behind Fabio Quartararo and race winner Alex Marquez – who’s high of the standings.
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Bagnaia has complained about a number of points hindering his outcomes on the 2025 Ducati, which he’s seeking to remedy rapidly.
Within the newest Crash MotoGP Podcast, Crash Social Media Supervisor and podcast host Jordan Moreland believes Bagnaia wanted to be the one to choose up the items when Marc Marquez crashed early within the race given his previous file at Jerez.
“It’s his finest ever begin to a MotoGP season, however he’s not blissful and he’s saying that the sensation of the bike is totally different in comparison with the GP24,” he mentioned.
“He mentioned he can see Alex Marquez is using the GP24 the way in which he did at Jerez final yr, with the ability to take sure corners a sure method and he was like ‘why am I not in a position to do this this yr’.
“I don’t assume it’s ok, to be sincere. I do know that he’s the double world champion and sure, he’s solely 20 factors off Alex.
“Certainly he needs to be the one choosing up the items? He did in COTA, granted, however at a observe the place he’s received the final three grands prix he simply seemed like he wasn’t going to be on the rostrum this week.
“You may inform he’s not proud of that in any respect.”
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Crash Senior Journalist Lewis Duncan believes Bagnaia isn’t doing the job he ought to be, and is pissed off by the Ducati rider’s begin to the season due to simply how good the double world champion has proven to be in recent times.
“There comes a degree the place you simply must personal up and say ‘look, I’m not doing a ok job right here, I would like journey round these issues’,” Duncan mentioned.
“The extra you disguise behind excuses the weaker it should make you as a competitor.
“Pecco Bagnaia followers have to just accept proper now that your guys isn’t using like the nice double world champion that we all know he’s, that sensible, quick Ducati rider that we all know he’s.
“He’s not doing what he ought to be, and that’s actually disappointing as a result of now we have such excessive hopes for him this yr.
“He confirmed he can get the muscular tissues out, he can actually struggle [Marc Marquez] and we wish to see that.
“And it’s actually irritating as a result of we all know what Pecco can do versus Marc.
“When Pecco’s on his sport, when Marc’s on his sport that shall be sensible as a result of we all know Pecco is greater than up for the problem.”
