Pecco Bagnaia has admitted that it’s a “fairly tough time for Ducati as a complete” because the reigning champion prepares for the French MotoGP at Le Mans.
Final yr’s race noticed Ducati’s unbeaten begin to the 2025 season lastly halted by the hands of Honda’s house hero Johann Zarco after Sunday’s rainstorm.
Ducati returned with simply three wins within the opening eight races, two of which have been dash victories.
Gresini’s Alex Marquez ended Marco Bezzecchi/Aprilia’s profitable streak at Jerez, however Marc Marquez and the Bagnaia manufacturing unit crew are but to attain a Grand Prix podium.
“It is a fairly tough time for Ducati as a complete. It is undoubtedly not going in addition to we anticipated,” Bagnaia instructed Sky Italia on the eve of this weekend’s French Grand Prix.
“Sadly, I have been on this state of affairs for over a yr, so I am struggling fairly a bit. Unusually, regardless that the bike has been feeling higher this yr, particularly the entrance, I nonetheless cannot do what I need to do.
“The bike is getting actually nervous when it is braking. We noticed that within the Jerez crash. The bike tends to maneuver rather a lot, so it’s important to be very exact. With Ducati, it is now not about braking exhausting, going exhausting and staying there.”
“Alex Marquez managed to drag it off in Jerez… so it is a difficult second, however as I’ve mentioned many occasions, I at all times imagine in arriving on the Grand Prix and being on the entrance.”
“I at all times imagine in that. We all know now we have the potential to remain up entrance and we simply want to search out the precise stability.”
Bagnaia’s hopes of enhancing on his present ninth place within the World Championship could possibly be boosted by a promising aero show on the Jerez check.
Nevertheless, there’s a risk that he won’t be used till the subsequent match in opposition to Barcelona.
“I believe it is likely to be doable (to make use of it at Le Mans), however we do not have many models.
“So I do not suppose we are going to use them if the monitor circumstances are blended. We do not need to mess them up for Barcelona, which is a monitor the place the aerodynamics make a distinction as a result of the numbers are small.”
“I do not suppose we’ll use it right here, however we’ll see.”
