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Francesco Bagnaia, now confirmed to move to Aprilia, revealed he first seriously began considering leaving Ducati after last year's MotoGP Japanese GP. Made ahead of the Assen race, the admission offers a glimpse into the mindset behind the champion's decision.
Admitting he'd started thinking about it after the Japanese GP hits hard. Smiling on the podium while quietly sketching out a different future underneath — that's what it means. A champion's decision to leave a factory team was never going to come down to one race or one remark. He must have been wrestling with it the whole time, behind that focus attacking every corner. There's real athlete's solitude in a story like this.
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Bagnaia leaving Ducati probably still hasn't fully sunk in for a lot of fans.
I'd like to know the specific event that triggered it since the Japanese GP.
Probably the result of accumulated disagreements over the bike's direction and development philosophy.
A champion-caliber rider being troubled for this long must mean something's been going on internally.
Since this confession came after his Aprilia move was already set, maybe worth discounting a bit for how honest it really is, timeline-wise.
Since after the 2025 Japanese GP — his heart started drifting away from a pretty early point.
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