Francesco Bagnaia says Marc Marquez now does one thing on track that makes him ‘suffer a lot’

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Francesco Bagnaia is almost shell-shocked at his sluggish start to the 2025 MotoGP season which has left him 110 points behind the championship lead after nine races.

It’s a strange turnaround for the Ducati star, who won 11 races last year and still missed out on a second consecutive title by a slender margin to Jorge Martin.

However, Bagnaia must refocus and find a way to improve if he doesn’t want to experience a hangover from this year’s performance in 2026.

Although the GP25 doesn’t suit him right now, it will only be a matter of time before he is back on a bike which gives him the chance to climb onto MotoGP’s top step again. He just can’t lose much confidence before then.

Ducati have been warned Bagnaia’s ‘real problem’ is yet to come and that he could look to leave if his poor run of form continues.

Even Fabio Di Giannantonio was seen mocking Bagnaia over his complaints about his current machine. He clearly doesn’t see much wrong with the GP25.

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Marc Marquez’s speed in curves in making Francesco Bagnaia ‘suffer a lot’ in 2025

Michele Pirro has told Ducati Bagnaia’s ‘biggest problems’ and believes that not being able to measure the sensations that riders can feel is holding them back.

The Italian rider’s main issue has been with a lack of confidence and feeling in the front end of his bike so far this year.

When he can’t lean on his machine, he loses lap time and teammate Marc Marquez is able to go that little bit faster around every corner, which adds up.

Marquez thinks Bagnaia ‘lacked’ pace at Mugello before a drop-off in tyre degradation saw him fall off the podium too. It was a disappointing home weekend. Speaking after the race, Bagnaia wasn’t pleased with one thing the Spaniard does better than him.

“[He] enters the curves much faster and is capable of not having that kind of movement that makes me suffer a lot,” he told Diario AS.

Francesco Bagnaia was ‘relieved’ to hear about one MotoGP regulation which could cure Ducati woes

With the current homologation rules, the three European teams are in the midst of a two-year engine freeze.

For Honda and Yamaha, experimentation is a possibility and will be in the future as the latter looks to introduce their V4 bike.

However, at Ducati, they are limited in their options. Bagnaia was ‘relieved’ to hear about one MotoGP regulation.

Because Ducati have also homologated the GP24, he could be saved by an opportunity to return to his old bike for next season.

He was far more comfortable and quicker on it, and it might give Marquez a little more to worry about in the future.