The 2025 MotoGP season promises to be one of the most exciting. With the arrival of Marc Marquez at Ducati, alongside Pecco Bagnaia, tensions will skyrocket within the Italian team. Valentino Rossi, the mentor of the VR46 Academy, has already predicted an exciting season for his protégé. In the MotoGP circus, where each race is an odyssey of speed and strategy, the legendary “Doctor” has thrown his oracle into the arena.
Valentino Rossiemblematic figure of MotoGP, shared his thoughts on the upcoming 2025 season, highlighting the titanic challenge that awaits his protégé Pecco Bagnaia with the arrival of Marc Marquez
chez Ducati. The latter, eight-time world champion, joins the official team Ducati Lenovoforming an explosive duo with Bagnaiadouble
champion MotoGP. Rossiwhile remaining a fervent supporter of his protégés from the VR46 Academydelivered some fascinating predictions about what could be a historic season.
During the test of 100 km of Championsorganized in Tavullia, Rossi expressed his confidence in Bagnaia while recognizing the enormous pressure he will face in the face of Marquez. « The Ducati factory team riders are the main candidates for the title. Pecco is very excited because he wants to redeem himself from last year's defeat. We hope he can give that extra 5% “, declared
Rossi at Sky Sports Italy.
Despite a 2024 season marked by 11 Grand Prix victoriesBagnaia lacked consistency, his eight non-scores costing him the world crown. Rossi hopes that this experience will serve as additional motivation for his protégé.
The collaboration between Bagnaia et
Marquez generates enormous expectations.
Rossi knows that this cohabitation could redefine the hierarchy of the paddock. Ducatiwith a motorcycle recognized as the most efficient, sees its chances of domination reinforced. However, Rossi anticipates a season filled with interpersonal challenges and struggles for ascendancy in the garage Ducati.
Valentino Rossi: « MotoGP remains my home »
In 2025, the Academy
VR46 will once again have four riders in MotoGP:
Pecco Bagnaiaacademy leader and double MotoGP champion, Bagnaia aims for a third title with Ducati Lenovo. Luca Marinihalf-brother of Rossi, who begins a new season with Honda
in a difficult context, while the Japanese brand is desperately seeking to regain its competitiveness. Marco Bezzecchi who joined Aprilia for an ambitious project alongside Jorge Martin. And finally Franco Morbidelli which, after mixed passages at
Yamaha et Pramacwill return to the team VR46 with a Ducati
GP24.
Rossi is confident his charges will continue to play a central role in the championship, despite the challenges presented by an increasingly competitive MotoGP grid.
Despite his role as mentor to the VR46 Academy pilots,
Rossi remains active in motor racing. In 2024, he participated in the World Endurance Championship and at GT World Challenge
Europe with BMW. Pour 2025,
Rossi plans to reduce its motor racing program in order to increase its presence at MotoGP events: “ MotoGP remains my home. I want to be more present in the paddock to support my pilots and live this passion as closely as possible », he would have confided to those close to him.
With the arrival of
Marc Marquez chez Ducati and of Jorge Martin chez Apriliathe 2025 MotoGP championship promises to be one of the most competitive in recent years. Rossias a privileged observer, knows that this season could mark a turning point in the history of sport. Between rivalries, new projects and young emerging talents, MotoGP promises to offer an unforgettable spectacle.
