Jorge Lorenzo saw something ‘abysmal’ from Francesco Bagnaia against Marc Marquez at the German Grand Prix

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Marc Marquez was once again on another level to Ducati teammate Francesco Bagnaia as he dominated the German Grand Prix.

The Spaniard grabbed his sixth clean sweep of 2025 at Sachsenring, taking pole position, the Sprint win and his ninth Grand Prix victory at the circuit last weekend. Marquez was in a different league to the other riders as he extended his lead in the championship to 83 points.

Alex Marquez finished second, having recovered from his hand injury sustained at Assen. Bagnaia registered his 10th third-place finish of the season, including Sprints, as he locked out the podium, although it was a fortuitous result.

The Italian lacked pace all weekend, but he benefited from rivals crashing in front of him as he kept a level head and rode his GP25 home for a podium finish. With Marquez’s victory, Bagnaia is now a staggering 147 points behind his teammate.

Jorge Lorenzo felt Francesco Bagnaia’s difference to Marc Marquez in practice at the German GP was ‘abysmal’

Everyone was predicting Marquez to win the German GP, given his incredible record at the circuit and the track layout suiting his riding style. With 10 left-hand corners, the 32-year-old was bound to have an advantage, and he proved that from the off.

Besides Fabio Di Giannantonio topping free practice on Friday, Marquez went quickest in every session. Meanwhile, Bagnaia only narrowly scraped into Q2 automatically, and his pace deficit only got worse from there.

He was almost one and a half seconds slower than Marquez in Saturday’s practice, before going nearly two seconds slower in qualifying as he could only manage 11th. Bagnaia finished the Sprint a miserable P12, 20 seconds behind his teammate.

Speaking via Duralavita, Jorge Lorenzo felt Bagnaia’s pace to Marquez in practice was ‘abysmal’. He once again struggled to find the right balance and performance from the GP25.

“I mean, the difference between when Marquez passed Pecco in the wet in practice was abysmal. I mean, he was gaining three seconds per lap.”

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Francesco Bagnaia’s Ducati struggles are continuing and no one has an answer

The 28-year-old’s margin behind Marquez was so alarming that Neil Hodgson claimed that Pedro Acosta would be an upgrade on Bagnaia. Ironically, the KTM is being linked with a move to Ducati, with VR46 expressing an interest in Acosta.

What was most worrying from the weekend was that Davide Tardozzi says Ducati ‘don’t know’ why Bagnaia struggled. The Borgo Panigale outfit have been working hard to help the Italian improve his feeling on the GP25.

Ducati insiders now say Bagnaia is ‘no match’ for Marquez, even as they make small steps towards catching him. Being 147 points behind at the halfway point of the season, the rider may have also realised that.

Bagnaia would be fine with finishing second behind ‘alien’ Marquez as he does not know what his level is against a rider of his talent. Ducati will continue to help him improve his fortunes, but beating his teammate on equal machinery seems almost impossible.