168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia says he was “convinced from the start” that Ducati’s 2024 engine was better than the 2025 version during MotoGP winter testing.

Ducati’s engine choice has been the main headline from the 2025 pre-season testing, with the decision made even more important by the fact a two-year development freeze comes into effe♎ct from the Thai Grand Prix.

On Thursday at the Buriram test,168澳洲5ꦿ最新开奖结果: Ducati confirmed it would homologate its 2024 engine for its 2025 factory riders as the newer sp๊eci💫fication wasn’t clearly better.

Bagnaia, who was fifth o𓆉verall in a Buriram test led by team-mate Marc Marquez, said on Wednesday that the 2025 engine was competitive but w♈asn’t as good as the 2024 under braking.

But, at the end of the Buriram test, Bagnaia admits he lied to the medꦍia and was sure from the start oཧf the pre-season that the 2024 engine was better.

“Honestly, [to be] better than the ’24 was tough ✤and I think 𝔉all the others could pay to have something like this,” he said.

“But, from my point of view, I was quite sur𝓡e. I have to say that I was a bit of a liar these days but I couldn’t say 💝the truth.

“But I was quite convinced fꦍrom the start that the🎶 ’24 was better.

“Then we worked, we tried to improve but for the first day in Malaysia me and Marc w🎶ere of the same opinion that the GP24 was still a bit better.

“We tried to improve a lot on the braking, but we didn’t succeed. So, we worked a lot here with the ’24 and we understood that we still have some margin on it. So, this is great.ꦦ”

Pecco Bagnaia on Ducati's Buriram test

Ducati 💯looks set to start the year with its 2024 aerodynamics and chassis too, though Bagnaia says the bike he will ride is a “’24.9 - so, very close to the new one”.

Wednesday in Thailand proved to be difficult for 𝓡Bagnaia, which led to him “starting from zero” on the final day of testing to i🧸mprove his bike.

Despite the intense work, Bagnaia ends the test pleased w𝓀ith the turnaround his team managed.

“This morning, honestly, I started again feelin𒆙g the same as yest𝐆erday,” he said.

“But from that moment we started to imp🌌rov𒆙e session by session and I’m very happy about it.

“It wasn’t an easy day, but we managed to complete our job consideriᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚng we lost everything yesterday.

“So, we started from zero again and I was improving. So, I’m happy. I’m more happy with the la𒅌ps with used tyres because I was very competitive in the last part of the day with used tyres.

“The only thing that didn’t work today was the ti𝄹me ꦅattack I did in the last part of the session, just for something outside of our business.

“But I think for the race weekend won’t be our problem. But no🍌thing more. I’m just happy.”