MotoGp, Marquez immediately satisfied with the official Ducati: "It's easier to ride"

Barcelona, ​​19 November 2024 – There was great curiosity at Montmelo in Barcelona for Marc's first outing Marquez with the official Ducati. All red livery, with a gigantic 93 on the fairing, for the eight-time world champion who in 2025 wants to play again for the chance of a world title. Double jump for the Spaniard who rode a 2023 bike in Gresini and immediately jumped on a 2025 bike, immediately finding excellent indications. The standings are not important, at this stage, with Alex Marquez best time in 1'38”803, with 2024 Ducati bike, ahead of an excellent Fabio Quarterly, who rode a lot testing an old and new M1, 396 thousandths behind, while in fourth place, the time obtained with the 2024 bike, was placed bagnaia 6 tenths behind, but without attempting a time attack. Marc Marquez closed the tests in fifth position not far from his teammate, then Raul Fernandez with Aprilia Trackhouse, Brad Binder on KTM and Franco Morbidely on Ducati VR 46. Jorge Martin, with the brand new Aprilia, finished eleventh with a second delay, with his teammate Bezzecchi thirteenth at a tenth distance. The Noale bike is a bit unbalanced under braking and tends to wheelie on exit, but the new world champion said he was satisfied anyway.

Tardozzi: “Marquez satisfied”

The indications from Barcelona say that in the end Marc Marquez can be even more competitive than last year, given the great work done on worn tyres to test the race pace of the new bike. Marc is there. Davide made an update on the situation in the Spaniard's part of the box Tardozzi, which made public the statements of the number 93 on the new Desmosedici. There is satisfaction and a good feeling, a sign that Marc immediately found himself at ease with the Gp25: “He told us that the new bike is easier to ride – the response of the sports director – Marquez was immediately happy even if he made a big leap between the 2023 bike and the 2025 bike. There are no big differences between the Gp 24 and the new one, but the aim is still to improve”. In short, a good test for the rider from Cervera: “His satisfaction was evident and we worked a lot with used tires because races are won with those”. And Pecco bagnaia? Thumbs up also for the former world champion, who had three bikes at his disposal: 2024, hybrid between 2024 and 2025 and Gp 25: "Pecco gave us a detailed update on the various bikes and also spoke with Marquez, now the engineers have a lot of information at their disposal. The bike was also appreciated by Pecco, even though it has components to be implemented". Among the rookies, the best was Fermin Aldeguer on Ducati Gresini 2024 with the twentieth time at 1”7 from the best time of Alex Marquez.