“Ducati are going to have a very difficult decision to make over Pecco’s team-mate aren’t they?”
The ongoing saga of Francesco Bagnaia ’s 2025 factory Ducati team-mate took a further twist at Le Mans wherePramac Ducati rider Martin has now extended his title lead over Bagnaia to 38-points.
With Mugello at the end of this month touted as a likely date for Ducati to announce Bagnaia’s team-mate, the topic of the second factory team seat was discussed on the latest“Last year Martin was always kind of playing catch up because he would get the world championship lead, then a mistake and he would be back to square one,” said podcast host Jordan Moreland.
“Martin’s in the best form of his career and it was interesting to hear his comments over the weekend, saying ‘Ducati know what I can do’. He also basically said after the Sprint, ‘if they don't want me, I'll take my talent somewhere else’.“They are, absolutely,” replied Crash.net MotoGP editor Pete McLaren. “How do you turn away the guy leading the world championship? That's going to be a tough call if they make it.
“Mugello, a home race for Ducati, is the timeframe for when we expect the rider decision will be announced. We don’t know if the decision has already been made, but around Mugello is when it should be made public.
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