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The differences between Ducati’s year-old bike and the newest version of its machine was one of the defining storylines of the 2025 MotoGP season – but was too much made of it?
The differences between Ducati’s previous year’s bike and the newest version in the 2025 MotoGP season were a key storyline, though VR46 Ducati rider Franco Morbidelli feels there may have been too much drama surrounding it. Morbidelli rode a year-old Ducati GP24 but believes the spec differences were not as significant as portrayed during the season. The distinctions between the older hand-me-down machines and the works-spec bikes were seen as individual and granular by Ducati. Morbidelli emphasized that regardless of the specific spec, Ducati is a strong package, and riders faced struggles regardless. He highlighted that the performance of both ’24 and ’25 models was solid when working well, and the struggles were evident when they weren’t performing at their best. Despite not having ridden the GP25, Morbidelli maintained that the Ducati package has consistently performed well since 2020 and that the spec variations did not play as big a role as some suggested.
