Behind-the-scenes Ducati footage shows Francesco Bagnaia’s heartbreaking reaction to Malaysia DNF

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Francesco Bagnaia suffered his fourth retirement in the last five MotoGP races at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

This time, he was struck by bad luck. Sustaining a rear puncture with a handful of laps to go wasn’t his own doing, but there was little Ducati could do to save his race. Instead, he had to pull aside and watch a third-place finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix slip through his grasp.

It means that the fight for third in the MotoGP standings continues to be wide open, with Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi still being the favourite to come out on top in that battle. Bagnaia knows that he needs to keep pushing to find performance and can’t risk having more weekends spent at the back of the grid.

Bagnaia is wrong about the GP25, according to VR46’s Pablo Nieto, who believes that the differences between last year’s bike and this year’s machine are minimal.

Ducati have taken a step backwards, and it is shown by the performance of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Bagnaia. It gives them work to do over the winter.

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Bagnaia looked like himself at Sepang on Friday and Saturday, claiming pole position and winning the sprint race. The progression he showed throughout the weekend proves that whatever issues he currently faces are not due to any regression in his performance.

Michelin called Bagnaia’s retirement ‘unfortunate’ on Sunday, and couldn’t remember the last time that an incident of a similar manner took a rider out of a race. For Bagnaia, it was a cruel ending to a really solid weekend of work.

After searching for answers for nearly eight months, Bagnaia admitted his weak point and suggested that he struggles to adapt to things he doesn’t like on Ducati’s bike. It’s something he may need to address before next season.

Appearing in Ducati’s Inside video after his retirement from Sunday’s Grand Prix, private footage showed Bagnaia’s sad reaction to losing a podium in the back of the garage.

“In fact, everything’s happening to us right now,” he said to his engineers.

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Francesco Bagnaia reminds Ducati to learn a ‘lesson’ from Malaysia retirement

Bagnaia said Ducati are still in trouble, immediately after winning Saturday’s sprint. He’s keen to keep his team on their toes and push them in a better direction.

After the weekend was over, he used a similar tactic, reminding them to take a ‘lesson’ from his DNF on Sunday.

“Let this be a lesson to us,” he said. “We should never draw conclusions from the Warm Up. The bike was locking in some places, but it was turning better.”

Perhaps he will now bring a different approach to the final two races of the season in Portugal and Spain. With teammate Marc Marquez absent, there’s still a good opportunity to score some big results.

Bagnaia felt lucky in Malaysia, but he has a few more chances to prove that his speed was real before the end of the campaign. Finding some consistency again will give him the confidence he needs to mount a title challenge in 2026.