On last Monday, Ducati announced the long-awaited renewal of Francesco Bagnaia until the 2026 MotoGP season. This way, the future was defined before the start of the new season.
The Italian spoke at a press conference about the importance of dealing with the renewal early: ‘Renewing the contract was very important to me, it was important to Ducati. Having clear ideas is better and I can only focus on getting the results‘.
Regarding the process that led to extending his contract, Bagnaia commented: ‘We started talking about the renewal last year. We were all on the same page – I wanted Ducati, Ducati wanted me, so it’s something that comes together and we had time to do it without too much pressure. But it is true that both parties were doing their job, so it was very easy to go through this and we are all happy together. So, it wasn’t that difficult‘.
