Reigning double champion Francesco Bagnaia may have been delighted with his initial taste of the 2024 Ducati, but Gigi Dall’Igna admits to feeling a mix of ‘adrenaline and anxiety’ during the first MotoGP tests of each year.
Fabio di Giannantonio began the Valencia season finale with a debut MotoGP victory under his belt from Qatar but still didn’t know if he had a job for 2024.
It’s not what the likes of Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi will want to hear, but Gigi Dall’Igna predicts a bigger difference between the factory and year-old Ducatis for the 2024 MotoGP season.
Enea Bastianini posted one of the surprises of the MotoGP season when, having failed to break the top six all year, he romped to victory in the Malaysian MotoGP.
As the saying goes, a good compromise is when the various parties are dissatisfied with something, and that’s roughly the case with the new MotoGP concessions ranking.
The 2023 factory spec Ducati won 13 MotoGPs, 13 Sprints, and finished first and second in the world championship with Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin.
Jorge Martin has reiterated his "100%" intention to join a factory MotoGPteam and revealed he even had black leathers ready in case he was called up by Ducati for last month’s Valencia test.
Marc Marquez’s former team-mate Dani Pedrosa was among those present at the Valencia MotoGP test and ‘curious’ to see how the eight-time world champion performed on his Ducati debut.
Newly crowned double MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia signed off his 2023 track activities with a debut on the latest Ducati prototype at the Valencia test.
Francesco Bagnaia believes there is a clear reason why he could only manage fifth place in the Valencia MotoGP Sprint, reducing his points lead ahead of Sunday’s title decider.