{"id":312568,"date":"2025-11-27T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/312568\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:03:09","slug":"proud-of-marc-marquez-painful-for-pecco-ducati-sums-up-its-motogp-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/312568\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cProud\u201d of Marc Marquez, \u201cpainful\u201d for Pecco: Ducati sums up its MotoGP season"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mixture of pride and pain is how Ducati MotoGP team manager Davide Tardozzi summed up the factory team\u2019s season.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, new signing Marc Marquez<\/a> returned to the top of the world championship – for the first time since 2019 – with a dominant eleven victories from the 17 rounds he contested, plus 14 Sprints.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, team-mate and double Ducati MotoGP <\/a>champion Francesco Bagnaia <\/a>rarely looked comfortable on the new GP25 and faded to fifth in the standings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very proud, because what Marc did is fantastic,\u201d Tardozzi told MotoGP.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning the championship and having the triple crown is something that makes us really proud about our engineers, our mechanics and mainly our riders.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn the other hand, it’s obvious that it’s a shame that Pecco couldn’t perform in the proper way, like we are sure he can.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did a good start to the season in some ways, he did an incredible race in Japan, but we faced problems in other races that prevented him performing how he can.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo in the end we have a balance that is good, because we won everything. But we are really taking care of what is not working good, that is Pecco.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Marc <\/p>\n

Marc Marquez, Tardozzi, Dall\u2019Igna, Rigamonti<\/p>\n

Marc Marquez? \u201cOne of his best skills\u201d is off the bike<\/p>\n

Marquez\u2019s seventh premier-class title – achieved despite missing the final four rounds due to injury – puts him level with Valentino Rossi<\/a> and just one behind the all-time record by Giacomo Agostini.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI always said during the season that the first thing that impressed me about Marc is the guy, the boy – still a boy for me! – much more than the rider and the professional person,\u201d said Tardozzi.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the humanity, the way how he leads his group, how he works with his engineers and his mechanics is something that honestly I never saw before and I think that this is one of his best skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have nothing to say about the professional rider because it was perfect in every moment, even when he made mistakes he was recovering and speaking in the proper way.<\/p>\n

“So no doubt that he makes us very, very happy about choosing him last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Francesco <\/p>\n

Francesco Bagnaia, Tardozzi<\/p>\n

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Pecco? \u201cPainful is the right word\u201d<\/p>\n

Bagnaia\u2019s season began with frustration at being unable to fight the Marquez brothers – then deteriorated, despite a spectacular spike in form at Motegi and Sepang.<\/p>\n

\u201cPainful. Painful is the right word because I love Pecco,\u201d said Tardozzi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPecco is one of the most – or the most – important rider so far for Ducati because he won two titles for us and 31 races so he deserves our maximum help.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes we were not able to give him, but in other way, we know that we try hard and Gigi, all Ducati Corse try hard to solve this problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for some way he didn’t find the right feeling with this bike this year, but we are looking forward and working together with him to try to have a completely different 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

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