Marc Márquez trained this Thursday at the Aspar Circuit in Spain, riding the Ducati Panigale V2 — including the new 2025 version, on which he managed to break the circuit’s unofficial lap record.
This was revealed by Ducati’s CEO, Claudio Domenicali, on LinkedIn: ‘To my surprise, I got a call from Marc at the end of the day. He told me not only that he loved the bike’s quick handling, super comfortable riding position, and «electric» power delivery, but also that he managed to lap in 1m12,2 seconds! My team informed me that this matches the unofficial lap record for the Supersport class!’.
Domenicali learned about Márquez’s training session on the 2024 competition version of the Panigale V2 but noted that Márquez also used the 2025 road version since the competition setup is not yet available: ‘I was too curious to hear his opinion about our new baby track bike’, Domenicali admitted.
The new Panigale V2 will have 126hp of power in its competition variant and loses about 10kg in weight due to the removal of certain components required for road legality.