"I was a bit of a liar these days but I couldn’t say the truth... I was convinced from the start that the ’24 was better."

Ducati's engine choice has been headline news from the Buriram MotoGP Test. The Italian manufacturer has opted to use their 2024 engine rather than the 2025 version.

Since the announcement from Davide Tardozzi two-time MotoGP World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia, has expressed his feelings on the decision.

Bagnaia stated that he was 'convinced from the start' that the GP24 engine was better than the GP25. The Italian admitted that he was a 'bit of a liar' after not revealing his true feelings to the media earlier on in preseason.

“Honestly, [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 these days but I couldn’t say the truth.

“But I was quite convinced from the start that the ’24 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 understood that we still have some margin on it. So, this is great.”