As the 2025 MotoGP season comes to a close with Marc Marquez's crushing victory, journalist Manuel Pecino delivers on Nico Abad's channel an uncompromising analysis of a year dominated by Ducati, but also marked by crises, injuries and the rise of a new generation of prodigies.
Crowned world champion well before the last two races, Marc Marquez crushed the competition at the handlebars of the Ducati GP25leaving only crumbs for his opponents.
« This year has been much better than 2019, which was already phenomenal. ", Pecino believes. He has been so dominant, achieved incredible things, and demonstrated exceptional maturity. He has mastered everything, both on and off the track. »
Even legends of the past acknowledge its superiority. Alex Barros told me that all the drivers know what to work on to try and beat him this winter… but Marc knows it too! »
Injured at the end of the season, Marquez It won't return until 2026, but its impact is already historic. Pecino adds, not without nostalgia:
« I preferred to see him on a Honda. He had to tame the bike, push the limits, it was pure Marquez. On the Ducati, he's fast, but on the Honda, he'd practically jump out of your seat. »
Gigi Dall'Igna, a genius obsessed with his champion Marc Marquez: il has a photo of Marquez on her bedside table, among those of her daughters »
For Pecino, the success of Marc is inseparable from that of Gigi Dall'Igna, the technical brain of Ducati.
« Gigi wanted Marc to become world champion. He had already won twice with Pecco. He wanted to test the limits of his motorcycle, and Marc smashed them. »
And the journalist adds with a smile: Dall'Igna has a picture of Marquez on her bedside table, among those of her daughters. He's completely crazy about him! Marc has pushed his work to a level he never imagined.. »
The other side of the box Ducati tells a completely different story. Pecco Bagnaia, a two-time world champion with the brand, collapsed.
« Marquez set the bar so high that Pecco was caught off guard " laments Pecino. He was champion twice, runner-up twice, and now he has become a mere servant. It's incomprehensible.If anyone has an explanation, please give it to me! »
According to him, the overwhelming presence of Marc in the same garage destabilized Pecco. " It's not that Gigi sacrificed him, but Every weekend, he sees his teammate dominate, and it destroys him inside. »
In summary, Marc Marquez is an overwhelming champion, injured but untouchable. Dall'Igna is the engineer madly in love with his own genius. bagnaia is in freefall. The key elements of a historic and brutal 2025 season, where hierarchies have exploded at Ducati and where, according to Pecino, the MotoGP has entered a new era: that of maturity Marc Marquez.
