Francesco Bagnaia on 2024 MotoGP mistakes: ‘I thought about it a lot on my honeymoon’

Double MotoGP world champion looks ahead 𒉰to “tough” 2025

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Corse, 2024 Emilia Romagna MotoGP
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Corse, 2024 Emilia Romagna MotoGP
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Ducati MotoGP rid⛦er Francesco Bagnaia says he “thought a lot” about the errors which cost him the 2024 title even during his honeymoon.

Bagnaia lost out on a third successive MotoGP title last year to Pramac Ducati rival Jorge Martin by 10 points in the season finale in Baဣrcelona.

Though Bagnaia won 11 grands prix compared to Martin’s three, eight non-scores across the campaign ultimately denied the factory Ducati rider anothe𝓰r crown.

Bagnaia has repeatedly held hi♍s hands up to his own errors, ♉and told Sky Sports Italy that even thought about them during his honeymoon.

“2025 will be a fun but tough season for everyone givenꦫ the many races and the competition that is getting h♎igher and higher,” Bagnaia said during Valentino Rossi’s 100Km of Champions event.

“Aprilia with Martin and [Marco] Bezzecchi can be fast, KTM despite the difficult winter 💙has very strong riders and f💫inally Yamaha and Honda will grow, especially the former.

“We have to think abꦡou🔯t what we did wrong this year and try to do better.

“Last year's victories? Replicable but we must al𝐆ways do better.

“I self-analyse a lot and although I was on my ꦑhoneymoon, I thought about it a lot.”

Bagn𒀰aia faces his stiffest challenge yet in MotoGP as he becomes team-mates with eight-time world champion Marc Marquez at the factory squad in 2025.

The d🔯uo will publicly launch Ducati’s 2025 season at an event in Italy on 20 January.

Bagn🔯aia and Bezz🍒ecchi were paired for Rossi’s 100Km of Champions event last weekend and finished sixth.

Rossi was second with his team-mate Luca Marini, wh𓃲ile Diogo Moreira and Thomas Chareyre won the event.

In an exclusive interview♑ with wuqian0821.com over the winter, factory Honda rider Marini said that he believed Marquez and Bagnaia could "fight for victory in every race" during the 2025 season. 

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