Francesco Bagnaia has admitted that he contemplated over the errors he made throughout an unsuccessful MotoGP title bid in 2024 whereas on his honeymoon in the course of the low season.
Having gotten married to his girlfriend Domizia Castagnini in July, the manufacturing facility Ducati rider belatedly went on his honeymoon after the conclusion of the 2024 MotoGP season.
The winter break additionally noticed the two-time MotoGP champion making a visit to Los Angeles to assist the native Lakers group within the NBA.
Nonetheless, whereas he was winding down after a punishing 20-round marketing campaign, the Italian admitted that occasions of his title battle with Pramac’s Jorge Martin have been nonetheless on his thoughts.
“I do know it myself [that I need to eliminate my mistakes],” he informed Sky Sport. “The nice factor is that I self-analyse rather a lot. Though I used to be on my honeymoon, I assumed rather a lot about sure moments of the season [laughs].”
Nonetheless, he nonetheless felt that the winter break was successful, as he managed to spend a while away from the race observe.
“My winter was a fairytale,” he mentioned. “The honeymoon was far more lovely than I might have ever anticipated. It was positively a winter during which we relaxed to get again prepared.”
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Crew
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Bagnaia and new team-mate Marc Marquez will unveil the brand new Ducati GP25 in Italy on 20 January, two weeks earlier than the primary check of the 12 months at Sepang on 5-7 February.
Ducati is once more the favorite for the title, having dominated MotoGP lately, however Bagnaia is cautious of the menace from rival producers
“Within the meantime, we’re beginning to experience our motorbikes once more, which is what we like probably the most,” he mentioned.
“However it’ll actually be a enjoyable season for everybody, very robust for everybody, as a result of there are all the time extra races.
“Then the competitors is getting greater and better. I imagine that Aprilia, with two riders like that [Martin and Marco Bezzecchi] might be quick.
“We’ll need to see a bit in regards to the tough winter KTM went by means of, however the riders at their disposal are very robust.
“However Yamaha and Honda will in all probability additionally develop, particularly Yamaha. So we’ll see, however we’ve got to consider what we did fallacious final 12 months and attempt to do higher.”
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing, Gigi Dall’Igna, Ducati Corse Common Supervisor, Claudio Domenicali, Ducati Corse CEO, Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Crew, Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing, Alessandro Lupino
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With 11 wins in 20 grands prix in 2024, Bagnaia earned a spot within the listing of riders with most victories in the course of the 12 months.
Whereas replicating that feat in 2025 could be exhausting, notably with six-time champion Marquez having the identical equipment as him, the 27-year-old thinks beating his personal private document received’t be unattainable
“Are they not replicable? You all the time need to attempt to do higher. If there are 20 races, it means you possibly can win simply as many, so you need to attempt to all the time do some higher,” he mentioned.
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