Bagnaia seeks form as Ducati resets for Hungarian GP at Balaton Park

Francesco Bagnaia’s 2025 season has remained unsettled as he heads into the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, with the Ducati rider still searching for the form that defined him as a two-time world champion. After a difficult Austrian weekend in which he finished eighth in the main race, well off the pace of his teammate Marc Márquez and the frontrunners, Bagnaia has stressed the need for answers from the team while also signaling a mental and technical reset as the paddock shifts to Balaton Park for the season’s latest challenge.

In Austria, Bagnaia started from the front row and appeared to be in contention early on, only to lose pace steadily and end more than 12 seconds behind Márquez at the checkered flag. The race highlighted persistent issues that have plagued his campaign, with Bagnaia conceding that “what has been happening all year has happened again.” He added that on the day he “fought and gave it my all,” only to finish eighth, a result he found hard to understand given his potential. The weekend was further complicated by a troubled sprint, where a rear-tyre problem forced an early retirement, leaving him to explain that the bike “started to spin a lot” and that the...