Ducati MXGP crisis: Bonacorsi out for three GPs and results failing to materialize—has the project already foundered?

Andrea Bonacorsi will be sidelined for the next three GPs. Another blow in an already complicated Motocross season for Ducati...

After the news from the Red Bull Ducati MXGP team, here comes an official statement from the brand itself. Andrea Bonarcorsi, who was involved in a nasty crash during Saturday’s qualifying in Kegums, will be out for three GPs and will not be replaced. For now, everything will depend on the recovery process of the rider from Bergamo, although there’s confidence he could be back on the bike in a few weeks, then prepare for the British event in the second half of July.

Yet another setback that Ducati’s motocross program really didn’t need. After a promising debut in 2025, they’re already enduring a nightmare season. We had drawn a parallel with the struggles in the World Championship, but while things are improving in MotoGP, the same can’t be said for off-road—unfortunately, the results speak for themselves. There have also been various issues: their only MX2 spearhead, Ferruccio Zanchi, started the year late due to injury, while in the premier class Bonacorsi had already been sidelined by the aftermath of an accident, and more recently we reported the departure of Jeremy Seewer, who struggled badly with the Desmo450 MX. Now only Calvin Vlaanderen remains to carry the flag for a brand that is really having a hard time on knobby tires...

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