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Retaining their manufacturers’ crown and winning 19 of 20 Grands Prix, Ducati are unsurprisingly the brand to beat in 2025’ s MotoGP™ title race. However, the Italians lost the # 1 plate to show that their bike was the most successful in 2024, with champion Jorge Martin taking it to Aprilia. Despite that, Ducati never rest on the laurels and with a powerhouse line-up of double world champion Francesco‘ Pecco’ Bagnaia and eighttime champ Marc Marquez, success will be part of the course in 2025. So, what’ s new for 2025? Beyond the line-up, the Desmosedici GP25 is an evolution of the groundwork done previously and Gigi Dall’ Igna has been quoted in the media that the bike has small evolutions rather than a revolution of the step made from 2023 to 2024. What’ s clear is the manufacturer that took their 100th premier class win last year and possesses a 25 % win rate from all starts will once again have a target on their back. Besides the bike itself, there’ s a change for the incoming Marc Marquez, who will work with a third different crew chief in as many season. Having been with Santi Hernandez from 2013 until his move out of Honda in 2023, he worked and won with Frankie Carchedi in 2024. Now in factory red, his right-hand man is Marco Rigamonti, who’ s been in MotoGP since 2017 and worked with Enea Bastianini in 2024.
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