Is the 2025 Ducati factory bike slipping away from Marc Marquez?
“There is nothing left to prove. I think everyth🐲ing is clea🍸r for Ducati"
The three adversaries in the hunt for the 2025 factory Ducati bike know that this weekend in Le Mans🐼 is a crucial moment.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini, who is currently in possession of the coveted red machine, Gresini’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and Pramac’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin are under consideration.
Martin won the sprint race on Saturday at the French 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP and will start Sunday’s grand prix from ꦺpole position.
The words spoken on Satౠurday are perhaps telling t꧙hat the riders themselves understand Martin is leading the way to get the nod from Ducati bosses.
“For now the best signal is being given by Martin, he's going very fast,” co🌠nfessed Marquez, who turned 13th on the gri𒁏d to a P2 finish, to
Martin said: “There is nothing left to prove.
“I think everything is clear for Ducati♒ too, and we hope that everything goes as we want."
Bastianini’s v🌌eteran manager Carlo Pernat, an influential voi๊ce in Ducati’s ear, appeared to concede that his rider could lose his spot.
"There is still hope for Enea, also because nothing has been announced yet,” Pernat 🥂said on Saturday.
“But it is clear that for the future we need a good race, we need to finish in the🅘 top places.”
Bastianini was fourth in Saturday’s sprint race. The irony for him is that his second season as a factory rider - and, to be fair, his first season with🔥out a terrible injury - is going 🧸very well.
Bastianiniꦫ is second in the MotoGP standings, a point ahead of his teammate andཧ reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia.
Bagnaia crashed and did not finish the sprint i🌳n 𒁃Le Mans.
Martin leads the championship, 28 points in front of Bastianini, before Sunda💟y's grand prix in France.
Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna suggested that the decision over Bagnaia’s 💫2025 teammate will be finalised this month, by the Mugello round.
His comment about “history” playing a part in his decision-making was widely interpreted as🌺 a boost for Marquez, the eight-time world champion.
But, on-track, Martin is making🐻 ☂it clear that he is the man in form.
Time is running out for Marquez or Bastianini to make their point 💎in a ♔race…
James w🌳as a sports jou𝓀rnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
