Is the 2025 Ducati factory bike slipping away from Marc Marquez?
“There is nothing left to prove. I🧸 think everything is clear 🍎for Ducati"
The three adversaries in the hunt for the 2025 factory Ducati bike know that thiﷺs weekend in Le Mans is a crucial moment.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini, who is currently in possession of the coveted red machine, Gresini’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez and Pramac’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin are under consideration.
Martin won the sprint race on Saturday at the French 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP and will🐷 start Sunday’s grand pr﷽ix from pole position.
The words spoken on Saturday are perhaps telling that 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 go🀅ing very fast,” confessed Marquez, who turned 13th on the grid to a P2 finish, t🉐o
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 veteran manager Carlo Pernat, an influential voice 🦩in Ducati’s ear, appeared to concede that his rider could lose his spot.
"There i🐓s still hope for Enea, also because nothing has been announced yet,” Pernat said on Satur𓆉day.
“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 ൩fair, his f🔥irst season without a terrible injury - is going very well.
Bastianini is second in thꩲe MotoGP standings, a point ahead of his teammate a♑nd reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia.
Bagnaia crashed and did not 🍷finish the sprint in Le Mans.
Martin leads the champion🏅ship,𒈔 28 points in front of Bastianini, before Sunday's grand prix in France.
Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna sugges✤ted 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-ma♏king was widely interpreted as a boost for Marquez, the eight-time world champion🦂.
But,ไ on-trac🌜k, Martin is making it clear that he is the man in form.
Time is running out for Marquez or Ba𓄧stianini to make their point in a race…
James was a🍌 sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade c🍌overing everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
