Last Monday, Ducati announced the long-awaited renewal of Francesco Bagnaia’s contract until the 2026 MotoGP season. This way, the future was settled before the start of the new season.
The Italian spoke at a press conference about the importance of sorting out the renewal early: ‘Renewing the contract was something very important for me, it was important for Ducati. Having a clear mindset is better and I can be only focused on doing the results’.
Regarding the process that led to extending his contract, Bagnaia commented: ‘We started to speak about the renewal last year. We were all in the same direction – I wanted Ducati, Ducati wanted me, so it’s something that comes together and we had time to do it without having so much pressure. But for sure both sides were doing their job, so it was quite easy to go through and we are happy all together. So it was not that difficult’.