My big Ducati regret - “sometimes I didn’t rise to the situation”
"Ups and downs" of Ducati tenure assessed

Enea Bastianini has admitted one big regret from his stint at Ducati.
In 2025 Bastianini will leave behind his factory Ducati seat to Marc Maꦿrquez, and will head to KTM’s revamped ಞTech3 project.
It brings to an end his two-year period in Ducati’s official teaꦿm which never li💮ved up to its full potential.
"I will certainly take away a l♛ot of experienceꦺ,” Bastianini told .
“Le🔥t's say that they have 🌜been four very good years, with ups and downs.
“Sometimes, if you want, we can say that I didn't rise to the situation, 🔥so I havജe so many things to reproach myself for.
“But there wer🐷e also many joys and I experienced manyꦗ beautiful moments.”
Basti𒈔anini won seven grands prix and two sprint races on the Ducati.
In 2022, for Gresini, he won the second-most amount of races behind champion Pecco Bagnaia which earned him a promotion, above Jorge Martin, into the facཧtory team.
But his 2023 waꦅs ruined by a major sh🍬oulder injury suffered at the very first round.
Mid-wa🤪y through this season, his bik꧃e was already being touted for Martin or Marquez in 2025.
Bastiaไnini has committed ꦅto KTM for next year, alongside Maverick Vinales in the Tech3 team which will have factory material.
"At the beginning it won't be easy to change bikes after all this time, to ch🎐ange everything a bit,” Bastianini said.
“But I believe that there is a good future waiting for me and that I can be competitive, after having a strong teammate like Pecco, who has made me grow a lot from diffe𝔍rent points of view.
“But the sa🐭me goes for Jorge and Marc, who gave me a hard tim🏅e and made me grow. I feel like a better rider and I hope I can prove it.”

James was a sp♐orts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.