Francesco Bagnaia on Ducati’s Data-Driven Success: The Advantage of Eight Riders as MotoGP Faces a Pivotal 2024 Season

Francesco Bagnaia: Insights on Having Eight Ducati Riders – ‘It’s Clear When Someone Excels’

Francesco Bagnaia discusses the benefits of having eight Ducati riders in MotoGP, stating that they can learn from each other’s performances: “With more riders, there is more data available, making it easier to progress.”

The 2024 MotoGP season will be the final one for the time being to feature eight Ducati riders competing.

However, even with Pramac's transition to Yamaha, Ducati will maintain a numerical edge over its competitors, possessing 6 motorcycles compared to 4.

It is still unclear how many of those six Desmosedici motorcycles will meet the newest factory specifications.

Ducati has suggested that they may field just three GP25 bikes next year, with VR46 rider Fabio di Giannantonio likely to team up with Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez, who will be joining the Lenovo team.

The possibility of having just three GP25 motorcycles has caused some concern, especially as Ducati's competitors are expected to have four factory bikes each in 2025.

While information from the previous year's Desmosedicis can often be applicable, variations in the equipment mean this isn't always true.

In any case, Bagnaia, after securing his fourth consecutive Sunday victory in Germany and claiming the championship lead, described how the top three Ducati racers had each excelled in different sections of the track.

"We have eight riders, making it easy to identify who is performing better," Bagnaia stated.

“Similar to this, Martin excelled in turn 8. Marc showed great strength in turn 7. As for me, I was particularly strong in turns 9, 10, and 11.

"The larger the group of riders, the more information you gather, making it easier to progress."

Bagnaia completed the race 12 seconds faster than Martin did in his triumph at Sachsenring last year, maintaining the pattern of record-breaking race and lap times this season.

Bagnaia humorously remarked that he had gone slower than his performance in Assen, noting that they could improve even further, as he had shaved off 30 seconds compared to the previous year at the Dutch TT.

"In my opinion, it usually comes down to the tires, and last year the weather was significantly warmer,"

"The bike's performance is contributing to faster lap times, but the most significant improvement is due to the tyres."

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