Frustration is boiling over at Ducati as Francesco Bagnaia’s alarming loss of form drags on — and now even the boss has had enough.
Gigi Dall’Igna, Ducati’s hard-edged general manager, has admitted his patience with the two-time MotoGP champion is gone. The verdict comes after a bleak San Marino GP: P13 in the Sprint, then a crash from eighth in the main race. For only the second time this season, Bagnaia left a race weekend with zero points — the other being a rain-ruined French GP.
Bagnaia’s frustration had already spilled over on Saturday, when he tumbled down the order after qualifying eighth. Speaking to Sky Italy, he didn’t sugar-coat it:
“My patience is running out. It’s difficult. My effort is enormous, my head is strong. I will not lose confidence in my potential and in my team. We will continue to work, and one day we will return. I hope it will be soon.
We have to work harder. This can’t be happening, this can’t be happening. We have to look at the data and understand what’s going on, someone has to explain it to me. I’m living a nightmare.”
It’s not a one-off outburst. After Austria, he demanded answers from Ducati over the baffling GP25 behavior. Inside Borgo Panigale, the tone has sharpened: team boss Davide Tardozzi says Pecco needs to ride around the problems.
Dall’Igna had previously kept the gloves on, arguing in Barcelona that Pecco simply lacks the same feeling he had with last year’s GP24, the bike he won 11 grands prix with. But asked again on Sunday by Sky Italy, he came back with a blunt line:
“I’ve lost patience too, as have Pecco’s fans. I think it’s normal to say these things when the results aren’t coming.”
A potential lifeline? Monday’s Misano in-season test — the last of the year for non-concession factories — where updates can be tried outside GP parc fermé. It was an in-season test at Aragon that unlocked Marc Márquez’s mid-season rampage.
Still, Dall’Igna warns against miracle cures:
“Of course, you can’t pull a rabbit out of a hat in a single day of testing. It will be an important day, and I hope the tests will be fruitful. Everything is certainly important, but nothing fundamental will happen.”
Bottom line: Ducati wants answers, Pecco wants feeling, and the calendar is running out of patience too. Misano’s test won’t save a season in a day — but it has to start the turnaround.
