Overview
- Ducati confirmed that Nicolo Bulega will make his MotoGP debut with the Ducati Lenovo Team at next week’s Portuguese Grand Prix and also race the Valencia finale.
- Marc Marquez remains sidelined by right-shoulder fractures from the Indonesian Grand Prix, ending his season early.
- Michele Pirro deputised at Phillip Island and Sepang but finished 18th and 17th, leaving Ducati without points in those rounds.
- Bulega completed his first laps on the Desmosedici GP25 in a private Jerez outing on October 30 during a Michelin WorldSBK tyre test, with no official lap times released after a weather-altered schedule.
- Bulega is set to become a Ducati MotoGP test rider next season, supporting development work ahead of the series’ planned switch to Pirelli tyres in 2027.