As indicated by all the indications, and despite the fact that the negotiations between the management of the two-time MotoGP champion Pecco Bagnaia and that of Ducati Corse They have been hard, white smoke has finally come out of the Borgo Panigale chimney and the Turin rider this Monday became the first of the 19 MotoGP riders out of contract at the end of this year to sign the renewal of a new contract in for two years until 2026.
“We are happy to announce that Ducati Corse and Pecco Bagnaia will team up for another two seasons. The two-time MotoGP World Champion with the Ducati Lenovo Team will continue to ride in the official DesmosediciGP in 2025 and 2026,” said of the official announcement.
Five days before the start of the 2024 MotoGP World Championship in Qatar, Ducati Corse and Francesco Bagnaia officially inaugurate ‘Mercato 2024’ and guarantee that this successful couple will stay together for eight years, all MotoGP races of Turin is 27 years old, who jumped in 2019 as Moto2 champion and has a factory contract, but was ‘loaned’ to Pramac Ducati for the first two seasons, to now be a rider for the official team from 2021.
This is quite common in the race of Bagnaia, whose work is managed by VR46’s Gianluca Falcioni, start campaigns with peace of mind with certainty in the future. His jump to MotoGP in 2019 in the ranks of Alma Pramac Racing was announced on February 21, 2018 and thus he competed in his final campaign in Moto2 where he was crowned champion. Borgo Panigale delayed him when it came to securing the jump to the official Ducati Lenovo team for 2021 – in the absence of the last five Grand Prix – but since he is the foundation of the MotoGP project, the ‘timing’ repeats. His final 2023-2024 contract was snapped up 12 days before the start of the 2022 campaign and 2025-2026 has five days remaining.
The news of the official renewal comes just a week after Motorsport.com announced, news that no one has denied, that Ducati has secured the services of the young Murcian driver for 2025. Fermin Aldeguercandidate for the Moto2 crown, and as usual in the race, he will start first on the Prima Pramac Ducati.
MotoGP contracts
Until 2026
Brad Binder (South Africa) Red Bull KTM Factory
Pecco Bagnaia (Italy) Ducati Lenovo Team
Until 2025
Johann Zarco (France) LCR Honda
Luca Marini (Italy) Repsol Honda
Until 2024
Pedro Acosta (Spain) GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 *
Marco Bezzecchi (Italy) Pertamina Enduro VR46
Franco Morbidelli (Italy) Prima Pramac Ducati
Takaaki Nakagami (Japan) Idemitsu LCR Honda
Augusto Fernández (Spain) GasGas Factory Racing
Marc Márquez (Spain) Gresini Racing
Fabio di Gianantonio (Italy) Pertamina Enduro VR46
Aleix Espargaró (Spain) Aprilia Racing
Maverick Viñales (Spain) Aprilia Racing
Fabio Quartararo (France) Monster Energy Yamaha
Jack Miller (Australia) Red Bull KTM Factory
Alex Márquez (Spain) Gresini Racing
Alex Rins (Spain) LCR Honda Castrol
Enea Bastianini (Italy) Ducati Lenovo Team
Jorge Martín (Spain) Prima Pramac Ducati
Joan Mir (Spain) Repsol Honda Team
Miguel Oliveira (Portugal) Trackhouse Racing
Raúl Fernández (Spain Trackhouse Racing
* 1+1 option (with official KTM)
Source: La Verdad
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