Ducati gave an updated engine to three of its MotoGP riders at the Thai GP

Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Di Giannantonio all raced with a unique engine in comparison with Ducati’s different MotoGP riders on the 2025 season-opener in Thailand, Autosport has realized. 

The three riders used a extra up-to-date mannequin, whereas Alex Marquez, Franco Morbidelli and Fermin Aldeguer raced with the 2024 specification final weekend. 

This comes after Ducati initially announced that all six of its Desmosedicis will use last year’s engine for the 2025 season, following suggestions from its two manufacturing unit riders, Marc Marquez and Bagnaia, after testing. 

However the Italian marque has now gone towards its announcement, with two several types of engines being utilized by the reigning producers’ champion.

“Certainly, they’re two completely different specs,” a Ducati spokesperson confirmed to Autosport.

“The one for Marc, Pecco, and Diggia consists of some small modifications in comparison with the one for Alex, Franco and Fermin.”

“Within the extra trendy specification, we’ve taken into consideration Marc and Pecco’s feedback,” added the spokesperson, who emphasised that the variations between the 2 fashions “are small”.

Ducati dominated the 2024 marketing campaign successful 19 of 20 grands prix and it carried that type into the 2025 Thailand Grand Prix weekend.

Marc Marquez dominated on his factory Ducati debut winning the sprint race and grand prix, whereas youthful brother Alex of Gresini and Bagnaia joined him on the rostrum in each contests.

Morbidelli made it an all-Ducati high 4 in the principle race, whereas di Giannantonio was down in tenth with Aldeguer three spots decrease.

Because it was the primary grand prix weekend of the season, the producers which are required to freeze their engines needed to homologate what they’ll use in Buriram.

This included Ducati, Aprilia and KTM, as Honda and Yamaha have been excluded attributable to concessions that favour these on the again permitting them to develop the facility unit all through the marketing campaign. 

Within the homologation, Aprilia and KTM submitted an engine to the technical workers of the Worldwide Street Racing Groups’ Affiliation (IRTA), which can function a pattern for the related checks throughout 2025. Ducati, for its half, submitted each engines that have been finally utilized by its riders.