A fourth place in Argentina has left Francesco Bagnaia searching for his 2024 feelings from his Ducati GP25.

The opening two Grands Prix of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship have not been easy weekends for Francesco Bagnaia.

The two-time MotoGP World Champion has been unable to match the pace set by Marc and Alex Marquez.

It got worse for Bagnaia at the Argentine Grand Prix as he missed out on the podium in the main race. The Italian had to settle for fourth place and knows he needs to find his feeling from last year to improve.

"I’m not happy, but we struggled all weekend, we managed to finish in fourth place and the pace wasn’t that far from the first two guys," he told TNT Sport.

"I was just a bit slower every lap. I lost a bit of time in the battle between me and Johann [Zarco] and Frankie [Morbidelli].

"But I think more than fourth was difficult for me today. I was struggling in some parts of the track and Frankie in front of me was doing a better job with the soft.

"So, I need to improve, I need to do a step, to find back my feeling from last year because it’s something that I’m missing.

"And when finally when I am back, I will be back to my positions.

"Fourth is not my place, even third is not my place. We are working for it and it’s the maximum ambition for me to be back in my positions.

"To find my feeling back because I’m struggling to be easily fast like I was last year, riding in my way.

"In this way, we are not riding slow. We are riding fast, but not like I want and I’m struggling to do the same as last year because every time I try I do some mistakes.

"So, we have to work and focus on it and just try to improve."