Enea Bastianini win adds to issues as Ducati reckon with decision to pick Marc Marquez
With 10 rounds left in the 2024 MotoGP season, the top four positions in the standings are occupied by Ducati riders: Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini and Marc Marquez .
Both have made critical errors at points in 2024, with Bagnaia’s crash out of the lead of the sprint at Barcelona on the last lap allowing Martin a fairly commanding championship advantage of 41 points. During World Ducati Week last month, Martin told GPOne that:"These future changes have brought us closer together as a team. It's not that we are alone, but we are certainly more alone than in past seasons. Before, we were sure that we would continue with Ducati, we could easily get over many things. Now, as a team, we have to unite even more to give 100%.”
Martin emerges from the British GP three points clear in the championship, having finished second in both the sprint and grand prix. Bagnaia wiped out his own advantage when he crashed through his own error in the sprint and struggled to third in the grand prix owing to the medium front tyre not supporting him in the way he needs, which led to him chewing up his rear rubber.
After the first six rounds, Bastianini had scored 94 points and was on a scoring average of 15.6 points per round. In the four rounds since, he has scored 98, bringing his points per round average up to 19.2 having now amassed 192. “Sometimes I have felt something but been behind. If I want to be a title contender I have to improve in that direction.”
Bagnaia has rallied against adversity before in his two previous title-winning seasons and Marquez’s history speaks for itself: Make no mistake, Ducati’s 2025 factory team line-up is easily the best on the grid. Its decision is wholly justifiable.
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