Francesco Bagnaia’s win at the Motul TT Assen wasn’t just his third in a row at the track, but it was his fifth straight win. He has won the last three Grand Prix races and the last two Sprint races. Only a silly mistake in Barcelona where he crashed out of the lead of the Sprint race prevented him from notching up six straight wins. “We are very, very strong right now,” Bagnaia said in the post-race news conference. Announcements in recent days about he dramatic changes in store for Ducati in 2025 – losing two race-winning riders, losing a team, putting Marc Marquez on the factory squad – did little to faze Bagnaia, he said, adding that he’s quite content to not be the subject of conversation and speculation.