The beginning of 2025 means the beginning of new contract cycles, and for Marc Marquez it means he is now officially a factory Ducati rider, able to take advantage of thಌeღ benefits that brings away from the MotoGP paddock.

To kick his year off, Marquez hit the track with the all-new 2025 Ducati Panigale V2, down on power compared to the old bike but also down on weight thanks t🦄o the new twin-cylinder e💦ngine, the lightest V-twin motor Ducati has ever produced.

Marquez was out on track at the Aspar Circuit in Valencia, which was opened last y🗹ear, along with some other Gr🤡and Prix talent.

The eight-times World Champion’s riding partners on this occasion included reigning Moto3 World Champion David Alonso on an old-model Yamaha R6; Dani Holgado, Izan Guevar🔴a, Tony Arbolino, Alex Marquez, and Sergio Garcia on 2017-shape R6s; and Marquez’s prꦜotege Max Quiles and Angel Piqueras on Honda CBR600RRs.

There have been less talented groups in the history of track days, foღr sure.

As well as a solid day of on-bike training, the time at Aspar Circuit was also Marquez’s first laps spent on-board a Ducati road bike for training, having stuck with unbranded Hondas last year. The Spaniard's teammate, Francesco Bagnaia, mo꧒re often trains with the Panigale V4 R superbike, but we haven't seen Marquez out on that yet (aside from last year's Race of Champions at World Ducati Week where everyone raced the new-for-2025 variant of the Panigale V4).

The Spaniard still rides Honda CRF motocross bikes, but change could be coming on t⛎hat front, too, with Ducati’s Desmo450 MX dirt bike set to enter producti൩on later this year.