168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia says he was “convinced from the start” that Ducati’s 2024 engine was better than the 2025 version during MotoGP winter testing.

Ducaౠti’s engine choice has been the main headline from the 2025 pre-season testing, with the decision made even more important♐ by the fact a two-year development freeze comes into effect from the Thai Grand Prix.

On Thursday at the Buriram test,168澳洲幸运5官方💃开奖结果历史: Ducati confirmed🌱 it would homologate its 2024 engine for its 2025 factor🦩y riders as the newer specification wasn’t clearly better.

Bagnaia, who was fifth overall in a Buriram test led by team-mate Marc Marquez, said on Wednesday that the 2025 engine was competitive but wasnಌ’t as good as the 2024 unไder braking.

But, at the end of the Buriram test, Bagnaia admits he lied to the media and was sure from the sta𝕴rt of theꦇ pre-season that the 2024 engine was better.

“Honest♑ly, [to be] better than the ’24 was tough and I think all the others could pay to have something like this,” he said.

“But, from my point of view, I was quite sure. I have to say that I was a bit of a liar thesᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe days but I couldn’t say the truth.

“But I was quite convinced from the start that the ’2🅷4 was better.

“Then we worked, we tried to improve but for the first day in Malaysia me and Marc were of the same opinion that the GP24 was still ♏a bit better.

“We tried🔯 to improve a lot on the braking, but we didn’t succeed. So, we worked a lot here with the ’24 and we underst🌠ood that we still have some margin on it. So, this is great.”

Pecco Bagnaia on Ducati's Buriram test

Ducati looks set to start the year w🌳ith its 2024 aerodynamics and chassis 💃too, though Bagnaia says the bike he will ride is a “’24.9 - so, very close to the new one”.

Wednesday in Thailand proved to be difficult for Bagnaia, which led to him “starting from zero” on the final day of testing to improve h𒁏is bike.

Despite the intense work, Bagnaia ends the test pleased with the turn𝄹around his team managed.

“This morning, honestly, I started again feeling ♎the same as📖 yesterday,” he said.

“But fr𒈔om that moment we s🍌tarted to improve session by session and I’m very happy about it.

“🐽It wasn’t an easy day, but we managed to complete our job considering we lost everything yesterday.

“So, we started from zero again and I was improving. So, I’m happy. I’m more happy with the laps with used tyres because I wa𒈔s very competitive in the last part of the day🦹 with used tyres.

“The only thing that didn’🍃t work today was th🐓e time attack I did in the last part of the session, just for something outside of our business.

“But I think for the race weekend won’t be our problem. But nothing more.🌠 I’m just ha♉ppy.”