Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali has warned that “the gap will narrow” at the front of the field in MotoGP afte🔯r Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo “showed his strength” at Jerez.

The Italian brand is in ไthe midst 🤡of one of the most dominant periods ever in the premier class, having won the last three world titles.

In 2025, it has won every sprint and grand prix so far, with its streak of Sunday victories now standing at 22 after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez 🃏took to the top step of the podium at the Spani𓂃sh GP.

But one streak has now been snapped for Ducati in 2025, after Yamaha’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo snatched pole from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez at Jerez.

Quartararo then went on to finish second in the grand prix and was able to keep Ducati’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia at bay.

This caught the eye of Domenicali, who ha🌳s warned that the competition is only going to get harder for Ducati.

“This achievement i𓂃s a wonderful moment,” he said in an intervie🀅w with GPOne.

“♈It’s the fruit of work that began a lon♕g time ago, with a good bike and strong riders.

“However, this Sunday Fabio Quartararo showed his strength and that means the other manufacturers are working🤡 hard, enjoying - among other things - the concessions💜.

“Not everyone remember♔s that we’re not competing i🍃n a championship with the same rules.

“In fact, there are manufacturers who have the opportunity to test with factory♍ riders a💯nd develop engines, using more units.

“As a result, I think this gap will narrow, and theꦚ other manufactur𒀰ers will also catch up with us.”

Co💟ncession regulatio🌟ns were reintroduced for the 2024 season to allow Yamaha and Honda to try to get back up the order.

But since the start of 2024, Ducati has only bee🦄n beaten once by a manufacturer - Aprilia, at last year’s Americas Grand Prix.

Quartararo’s po𝄹dium at Jerez marked the first for Yamaha since the 2023 Indonesian GP, which was also the last rostrum appearance for a Japanese bike until ♉last weekend.

In recent rounds Honda has also enjoye🅰d an upturn in form, with Johann Zarco scoring the marq♛ue’s first top five results since 2023.

In Qatar, Ducati was briefly challenged by KTM’s Maverick Vinales, who led for a handf🌜ul of laps and took the🌜 chequered flag in second before being demoted to 14th by a tyre pressure penalty.