Marco Bezzecchi
As the start of the racing season approaches, both MotoGP and Formula 1 are weeks away from officially kicking off their 2025 campaigns.
MotoGP has just one more test at Thailand’s Buriram circuit before the season opener, which will start at the end of the month.
Ducati are expected to be top dogs again, following on from a year where they won 36/40 races of offer and regularly trounced their opposition.
After completing the signing of six-time champion Marc Marquez in the off-season, they might be in an even stronger position now.
The Spaniard will partner Francesco Bagnaia who spent his honeymoon haunted by 2024 errors, which cost him a third riders’ championship.
Marquez has already done an incredible thing behind the scenes at Ducati after his first test, where he shared remarkably similar feedback with his new teammate.
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Ducati face a ‘secret’ problem with Marquez and Bagnaia behind closed doors, with their rivalry simmering ahead of a potential title battle.
Race simulations at the Sepang test showed that they may end up being even more dominant than they were last season, which is a big problem for themselves as well as their rivals.
It means all the focus will be on their two riders as they take to the track. They cannot afford to hurt the team by running into each other.
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Having helped to provide a spectacle to fans for well over 10 years now, Marquez has a big fanbase. Included within that is one of Formula 1’s six new rookies for 2025.
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Every rider in MotoGP is going to have their strengths and their weaknesses. It’s part of what makes competition so great.
Both Ducati riders will be tested to the maximum in 2025 and may face the toughest opponents that they ever have in each other.
Bagnaia is envious of one Marquez talent and admitted that he would love to have the Spaniard’s capabilities on a dirty track.
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After spending nearly half a decade in the midfield, a return to the front has been well overdue for the man who dominated much of the 2010s.
The only question that remains is whether, after so many injuries at the age of 31, he has enough in the tank to take the battle to Bagnaia.
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