A spokesperson for Ducati has revealed three of its riders raced at the Thai MotoGP round with the manufacturer’s updated 2025 engine.
Both factory Ducati riders, Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia, as well as Fabio Di Giannantonio all competed with the 2025 specifications in Thailand.
This comes after the Bologna-based factory initially announced all six of its bikes would be using last year’s engine after encountering problems with this year’s prototype throughout winter testing.
The Italian marque has now gone back on its announcement, with two different types of engines being used by the reigning manufacturers’ champion.
This means that the three riders used a different type to second-placed finisher Alex Marquez, his Gresini teammate Fermin Aldeguer and VR46 rider Franco Morbidelli – all of whom currently ride on GP24s of the specification used at last year’s Austrian Grand Prix.
“Indeed, they are two different specifications,” a Ducati spokesperson confirmed according to reports from Motorsport.com.
“The one for Marc, Pecco and Diggia includes some small changes compared to the one for Alex, Franco and Fermin.”
“In the more modern specification, we have taken into account Marc and Pecco’s comments,” added the spokesperson, who emphasised that the differences between the two models “are small”.
Ducati continued its dominance from 2024 into this season’s opener at the Thailand Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez dominated on his factory Ducati debut winning both the sprint race and grand prix, while younger brother Alex finished second in both races. Bagnaia joined the Marquez brothers on the podium in both contests.
Morbidelli made it an all-Ducati top four in the main race, while Di Giannantonio was down in 10th after recovering from a broken collarbone, with Aldeguer in 13th on his MotoGP debut.
