‘Living a nightmare’: Inside the decline of Ducati’s MotoGP champ, and why Italy has a new rival to Marquez

While the prospect of Marc Marquez winning the 2025 MotoGP title after he moved to Ducati’s factory team last off-season was a storyline we all saw coming, few would have predicted that the next-best Ducati rider – and the highest-scoring Italian – would be anyone other than Francesco Bagnaia.