As the unofficial deadline of Mugello looms, the ongoing uncertainty over Francesco Bagnaia’s 2025 factory Ducati team-mate continues.
“There's a difference between announcing a decision and making a decision,” MotoGP editor Pete McLaren said on this week’s“We've heard this Mugello date for a while now. Gigi's mentioned it and I think he's also used the phrase that it's the ‘sporting thing to do’ because he wants the riders that are let down to have time to find other seats if they wish.
“Gigi is obviously a great engineer. So he's a data guy. He's a numbers guy. He'll be looking at the results and performances - and presumably, he's seen enough.” “It’s difficult isn’t it because you’ve got one guy, Jorge Martin, who's still very young and in fantastic form. What more could he do at the moment? He's won a couple of Grands Prix, he's won Sprint races, he's leading the World championship. He's beating the guy that Ducati has already signed, Pecco, while at a satellite team.
“And who knows with Bastianini, maybe he would be happier, for example, doing a swap with Marquez and going back to Gresini where he won races and looked really comfortable. “So if you’re Ducati, and you want to keep all these guys, the only way you can have a chance of that is to sign Martin for the factory team.”Moreland added: “The only Ducati rider other than Pecco who has signed at the moment is Fermin Aldeguer, and we still don’t know where he will go. Especially with Pramac yet to confirm they will even stay with Ducati.
“But there’s no doubt that looking from the commercial side, Marquez is still a box office draw and towers over the rest of the grid in that respect. You only have to see how many Gresini shirts there are in the crowd this year.”
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