From the very start of the 2025 MotoGP season, when Alex Marquez strung together three consecutive second-place finishes in Thailand, Argentina and the United States, one question followed him everywhere: ‘Would he receive upgrades on his GP24?’
The younger Marquez’s answer was always the same, as the contract between Ducati and his team Gresini Racing did not stipulate any upgrades. “If an upgrade for the 2024 bike arrives, it will come for everyone at the same time,” he said, in reference to himself, team-mate Fermin Aldeguer and VR46’s Franco Morbidelli, all of whom were riding year-old machinery.
