Ferrari is reportedly set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most momentous moments in the Formula 1 team’s history at next week’s Italian Grand Prix.

The Scuderia has not enjoyed the happiest of seasons in 2025, with the team so far yet to score a single Grand Prix victory.

Ferrari’s SF-25 challenger has been a continuing source of problems for the team, with Lewis Hamilton’s China Sprint Race win the team’s only triumph of the year.

Despite lying second in the Constructors’ Championship, Ferrari is currently a whopping 299 points behind runaway leaders McLaren.

But the team will be buoyed by its usual partisan support at Monza, where F1 arrives next after this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.

According to Italian publication Auto Racer, the team is set to mark 50 years since the late Niki Lauda won the World Championship in its colours.

It was at Monza that year that Lauda finished third to secure the first of his three Drivers’ championships, with team-mate Clay Regazzoni winning the race.

Across the summer break, Ferrari has been documenting Lauda’s triumph on its social media platforms, further hinting that the celebration will take place.

Its content was concluded with a brief clip of Hamilton and team-mate Charles Leclerc, followed by the caption: “Monza 2025: Coming soon.”

“When I got to Monza, it was different,” the Monegasque says in the video.

Hamilton, whose decision to join Mercedes was largely down to Lauda’s influence and to whom he was close, added: “The tifosi are just… you see them there in the biggest and fullest force.

“It’s such a privilege and an honour to be able to be racing for this team.”

Ferrari may sport a special livery for the race, a tradition of the previous two seasons. In 2023, a special colour scheme was released to celebrate its Le Mans 24 Hours triumph.

And in 2024, a tweaked livery was used along with Leclerc and then-team-mate Carlos Sainz sporting black overalls to celebrate the use of carbon fibre in F1.

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After failing to secure a podium at his Grand Prix at Mugello, Francesco Bagnaia admitted that it’s “impossible” to see himself winning the 2025 MotoGP title.

The two-time MotoGP champion has endured a difficult 2025 campaign due to a lack of front-end feel on his GP25 Ducati. However, he remained optimistic about being competitive at a track where he had previously won three Sunday consecutive races.

Despite starting second, Bagnaia once again lost out to title rivals Marc and Alex Marquez, and on Sunday, he surrendered the final podium place to VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio.

Following the weekend’s events, the Italian sits 110 points behind his own team-mate, and 70 points behind Alex Marquez in the championship.

Bagnaia has now admitted that the gap in the standings, combined with his ongoing lack of front-end feel after the ninth round, may be too much for him to overcome.

“Like this, it’s impossible to think about winning the championship,” Bagnaia told Autosport post-race.

“If I’m doing races like this, if we are not changing something on the bike and the bike remains the same, I think that it’s difficult to think about the championship.

“So we just need to do something different, hoping to find the solution.

“I think the potential is there. I know that I can fight for the win, I know that what I did in the first six, seven laps is something that I can do always. I just need to feel good with my bike.

“I was quite confident the first part of the race, I was feeling good and then after six laps, the front started to drop. I needed to slow down because I was risking to crash.”

Francesco Bagnaia: ‘I can’t do what I want on the bike’

Bagnaia admitted that his inability to find front-end feeling nearly forced him to end his race early in the gravel traps.

“The problem is that this season it’s always like this,” he stated.

“I cannot do what I want on the bike. I need to follow what the bike has to do, and when I try to do what I want, I crash, or almost.

“Today, I was almost on the ground in the last corner when I tried just to do the same line as I did always.

“From the first race, it is like this. I maybe start well, then I do all the race watching the brothers, what they are doing, hoping a mistake from them to maybe have a chance to overtake.”

He added: “But like this it’s not possible, because I’m there, stuck in between seven, eight tenths, then I try to push to catch back, I arrive to two, three tenths, and then I need to slow down again because the front is starting to understeer everywhere.

“It changes in a lap. You feel okay, you are pushing, you are there, close. You can have a chance, you can overtake. And then from a lap, you start to have understeer, movement, and it’s impossible to be competitive like you were in the first laps.”

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Fabio Di Giannantonio secured his second Grand Prix podium of the 2025 MotoGP season at Mugello, but it was the first time in front of his home crowd.

The Roman rider started from the third row of the grid and snatched the last podium place from Francesco Bagnaia’s grasp on the penultimate lap.

Di Giannantonio emulated his best result of the season with his other rostrum appearance occurring in Texas.

The Italian was elated with his result, having fulfilled a childhood dream of standing on the same podium where his heroes once stood.

“It’s been a dream to be on this podium since I was a kid; watching Vale [Valentino Rossi], Capirex [Loris Capirossi], or Max [Biaggi] being on the podium with all the people [below] – it was a dream,” he stated post-race in MotoGP.com’s After the Flag.

“I think we have this moment, this tradition here in Mugello that is unbelievable to have the fans on the straight and in the end it’s been a dream. I worked hard for it.

“Luckily, we were able to make a big step in the Aragon test to improve the bike and be fast this weekend.

“Yesterday, I saw that we had a really good potential in the Sprint; for this I was happy but also not that happy because I wanted the podium also yesterday.”

Fabio Di Giannantonio: ‘I went all-in’ to secure maiden Italian MotoGP podium

The 26-year-old revealed he adopted an all-or-nothing approach in the final half to secure his maiden Italian MotoGP podium.

Sensing that his fellow GP25 Ducati rider Bagnaia was slightly off the pace, he timed his move perfectly and completed it in the last few laps.

“But today I went all-in, especially the last seven or eight laps. I was watching P4 on the pit board and I said ‘No, in Mugello not P4, P3 or nothing,” Di Giannantonio stated.

“One of my mechanics when I was in Moto3 was like ‘Champagne or gravel,’ and today was all-in.”

He added in the post-race press conference: “I saw Pecco struggling a little bit, I saw Pecco also struggling because he was doing like ‘elastic’ with Alex [Marquez] – when you are like this you are not that strong to put your rhythm.

“So, I think he was struggling a bit with the front, but still he was really fast and strong on the braking; so I tried to use the rear as much as possible to recover and at the end I saw him a little more relaxed and I said ‘Now is the time.’

“We did it, so that’s really good for me.”

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Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez branded his Mugello MotoGP win as “unexpected” despite establishing a two second cushion over the rest of the field.

The Spaniard converted his 100th career pole to a 93rd career win at the Italian Grand Prix, crossing the line 1.942s ahead of his brother Alex Marquez.

He came out on top after a scrap with Marquez and team-mate Francesco Bagnaia in the first half of the race, with all three riders leading at one stage.

The race-winning move came on Lap 9, after which he dominated the second half, but the Spaniard hadn’t anticipated a victory was on the cards.

“I rate this weekend as Qatar – an unexpected victory,” Marquez said in MotoGP’s After the Flag.

“It’s that kind of track where normally I need to defend, but I was able to attack and take even more points against Alex.

“[He] is the main opponent at the moment because he’s super constant and super-fast, and has very strong points, especially on those fast right corners.”

Marc Marquez reveals what he told himself throughout the MotoGP Mugello race

The 32-year-old admitted he didn’t want to replicate the mistake he made at Jerez when he crashed out early on while losing ground on the leaders.

Marquez described what he was telling himself during the early phases while battling alongside his nearest championship rivals.

“I was breathing more than normal because already in Jerez I crashed in the second, third lap,” he said.

“So today I was just repeating in my mind that ‘the race is super long’.

“And like this, I tried to be inside the battle because my target was to lead the race, but at the same time I tried to manage the tyres.

“I saw that Pecco was pushing the tyres a lot and then I said ‘ok, let’s see what I can do’.

“But then I saw Alex overtook us, then I already understood that Alex had another pace.

“Then I jumped behind him and I just waited for that middle part of the race when I started to feel better.”

He added: “I mean, I was just trying to be on that 1m47s lows, some 1m46s but it was too risky.

“But I saw that the gap was increasing and then I tried to manage the situation. Then when I took those 1.5s, 2s, I just managed the race.”

Marquez ended a decade-long wait to claim his first MotoGP win in Tuscany since the 2014 season.

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Marc Marquez battled through a frenetic first half to record his fifth victory of the season at the Mugello MotoGP race. 

The eight-time World Champion battled with team-mate Francesco Bagnaia and brother Alex Marquez throughout the early stages on course to his 93rd victory in grand prix racing.

Marquez made a good start from pole position and was able to hold the lead down into Turn 1 ahead of team-mate Bagnaia. 

The Italian appeared to have the speed to challenge the eight-time champion and made a move at Turn 3 for the lead of the race to the roar of the home crowd. 

Marquez was content to stick behind Bagnaia for the remainder of the first lap knowing he would have the pace coming out of the final corner, and the Spanish rider used the slipstream to retake the lead. 

The Ducati riders continued squabbling as Bagnaia used the slipstream in an attempt to take the lead once more, but ran slightly wide to give Marquez the edge. 

However, the Italian held his ground on the outside as he took the lead at Turn 2 before the pair almost made contact at Turn 3. 

Bagnaia then ran into the back of Marquez at Turn 5, which saw him lose a position to Alex Marquez and lose ground on the leader. 

Using the slipstream, the Italian was able to respond on Lap 5, as he overtook the younger Marquez heading down the main straight to regain second.

One corner later, Bagnaia used the initiative to overtake his team-mate for the lead of the race as the top three continued to duel. 

In a repeat of the Sprint race, the leading trio were parallel over the line on Lap 6 with Bagnaia coming out on top at the first corner. 

An aggressive move from the younger Marquez saw him steal the lead from Bagnaia a few corners later, as he attempted to break away from the duelling factory Ducati pair. 

Marquez then followed his brother past Bagnaia to take second as the Italian began to fall away from the front two. 

The battles behind brought Franco Morbidelli and Maverick Vinales into contention, but contact saw the faster Vinales taken out of the race. 

Morbidelli was awarded a long lap penalty for the incident, which he was forced to retake after running wide, as the Italian rejoined in seventh and was out of podium contention. 

At the front, the older Marquez was extending the gap as his younger brother began to fall back into the path of Bagnaia, though the Italian wasn’t quite close enough to take advantage of the Gresini rider going wide. 

The younger Marquez had the pace to move clear of Bagnaia, who was beginning to fall back into the clutches of Fabio Di Giannantonio.

With two laps remaining Di Giannantonio forced his way past Bagnaia to snatch third place from his compatriot, with the Ducati rider unable to respond to the VR46 man.

Out front, Marquez crossed the line to complete a dominant second half of the race, taking victory by almost two seconds. 

The younger Marquez took second for Gresini as he fended off a late challenge from third-placed Di Giannantonio, who earned a home podium. 

Bagnaia was forced to settle for fourth ahead of fellow VR46 academy graduate Marco Bezzecchi in fifth. 

Morbidelli finished sixth despite his long lap penalty, while Raul Fernandez completed a strong weekend in seventh. 

The KTM riders finished eighth and ninth, with Pedro Acosta leading Brad Binder over the line. 

Ai Ogura completed the top 10 on his return to MotoGP action after injury. 

Joan Mir took the flag in 11th ahead of Fermin Aldeguer, who recovered from contact on the third lap to finish 12th. 

Miguel Oliveira scored a 13th-placed finish ahead of both factory Yamaha riders, with Fabio Quartararo besting Alex Rins for the last points positions. 

Takaaki Nakagami completed his first stand-in race for Honda in 16th, finishing seven seconds clear of Lorenzo Savadori in 17th. 

Somkiat Chantra rounded out the finishers of the race in 18th. 

Jack Miller was forced to retire with a technical issue, while Johann Zarco and Enea Bastianini joined Vinales as the crashers from the Italian Grand Prix. 

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Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez completed a dominant performance to take a vital Moto2 victory at Mugello. 

The Dynavolt IntactGP rider recovered from eighth on the grid to win the race by 1.409s, as he extended his championship advantage to nine points.

Polesitter Diogo Moreira made a good start and held the lead through the first corner ahead of Aragon race winner Deniz Oncu. 

Aron Canet pulled a move on championship rival Gonzalez to go third, as the pair began tussling for the first time on track. 

Heading down the main straight for the first time, Oncu took advantage of the slipstream and overtook Moreira for the lead.

The leading group was made up of five riders as they headed down the start/finish straight for the second time, with Moreira regaining the lead and Arenas taking second from Oncu.

Arenas had the confidence and made a move on Moreira to lead of the pack over the line for the fourth tour of the circuit. 

As the riders continued fighting for the podium positions, the group expanded to a nine-rider field, with Canet taking the initiative to lead the race. 

The lead continued changing as the laps counted down, with Arenas returning to the lead as rivals Canet and Gonzalez recommenced their battle. 

Filip Salac and Izan Guevara had the momentum and used their advantage to overtake Oncu for fifth and sixth. 

As these battles continued, Gonzalez decided it was time to strike as he overtook compatriot Arenas for the lead of the race. 

The championship leader would not remain in control for long, however, as Arenas used the slipstream effect down the main straight to take the lead once more. 

The pair would continue their battle for the lead, as both riders used the slipstream to full effect in an attempt to take control of the race, though Gonzalez was able to guide the leading four away from the rest of the group.

Gonzalez had something extra as the tyres started to degrade as he pulled over a second clear of Arenas, as Canet and Moreira continued battling for the final podium position. 

The battle for third continued, as Canet launched a move on the Brazilian, who knew the Spaniard would run wide and allowed him to sweep under and maintain the position. 

On the penultimate lap, Moreira thought he had seen off the challenge from Canet but a squirm on the exit of Turn 1 allowed the Spanish rider to take third. 

The battle for third would continue onto the final lap, which brought Celestino Vietti into contention as the pair scrapped throughout the last tour of the Mugello circuit. 

Out front, Gonzalez crossed the line to complete his comeback from eighth on the grid as he took victory by over a second. 

Arenas took the flag in second place, as Canet prevailed in the battle for the final podium position in third. 

Moreira was forced to settle for fourth, with the fast-charging Vietti finishing a tenth behind in fifth. 

Oncu took sixth ahead of Guevara in seventh, with David Alonso battling through the order to eighth. 

The American Racing pair completed the top 10, with Joe Roberts finishing ahead of team-mate Marcos Ramirez. 

Barry Baltus crossed the line in 11th ahead of Salac, whose degrading tyres saw him take 12th. 

Senna Agius was 13th after defeating 14th-placed Alonso Lopez in the run to the line. 

Dani Holgado rounded out the points as he finished 15th.

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Aspar rider Maximo Quiles secured his first-ever Moto3 victory by the smallest of margins in an instant classic at Mugello. 

An ambitious last corner overtake saw the Spanish rider take his first win by just 0.006s over the line, winning his first race in just his fifth Grand Prix start.  

Polesitter Alvaro Carpe maintained the lead going down into the first corner despite running wide, as team-mate Rueda retained second.

Scott Ogden made a good start from the front row and challenged Rueda for second, but ran wide a corner later and lost two positions to the Spaniard and David Almansa. 

Coming down the start/finish straight for the first time, Almansa used the slipstream to head into the race lead with Angel Piqueras in second. 

The polesitter returned to the fray and moved into the lead of the race, which he managed to hold despite the slipstream down the main straight. 

Coming out of the first turn, contact between Ogden and Almansa saw the Spaniard’s race end in the gravel, as the stewards decided not to take action over the incident. 

The riders kept jostling for position as the laps progressed, with Maximo Quiles joining the battle for the lead from 10th and Valentin Perrone amidst the battle despite being sent to the back of the grid. 

The scraps continued, with Perrone and David Munoz making contact while fighting over the final podium position, causing the pair to drop further down the order. 

Battles continued down the order and slight contact between Munoz and Guido Pini caused the Spaniard to run wide, with the knock-on effect causing Luca Lunetta and Adrian Fernandez to crash out of contention. 

On Lap 10, Carpe relinquished the lead for the first time in five laps as Quiles headed to the front, with Perrone demoting the Spaniard to third.

Moto3 veteran Dennis Foggia then took command out front, as he led a race for the first time since his return to the class.

Just behind, contact between Joel Kelso and Pini saw the Italian crash out of the race, with many riders in the lead group forced to take action to avoid hitting the stricken Pini. 

The leading group was split from a group of 19 to 12 riders, with Quiles taking charge at the front with five laps remaining. 

Carpe used the slipstream to return to the lead, bringing Foggia back into contention for the race victory. 

With two laps remaining, the battle for the win remained between 12 riders as Carpe and Foggia retained the top two positions. 

Heading down the main straight for the final lap, it was Foggia who came out on top going into the first corner as he looked to keep hold of the position. 

However, the aggressive moves continued from behind as the Italian was pressured by Carpe and team-mate Quiles.

Heading into the final corner, Quiles saw the opportunity and forced an overtake on Foggia as he took the lead, with Carpe demoting the Italian to third. 

On the rundown to the line, it was Quiles who stole victory by 0.006s ahead of the fast-charging Carpe. 

Foggia completed the podium in his home race, 0.066s behind team-mate and victor Quiles. 

Championship leader Rueda finished fourth, as Munoz pipped Taiyo Furusato to the line in fifth. 

Angel Piqueras took the flag in seventh ahead of Perrone, who progressed from last on the grid into eighth. 

Kelso ended the race in ninth with Ryusei Yamanaka completing the top 10. 

Nicola Carraro was promoted to 11th after Ogden received a three-second post-race penalty, with the Brit moved to 12th. 

Jacob Roulstone was split from the lead group and defeated Cormac Buchanan on the run to the line for 13th. 

Stefano Nepa rounded out the points finishers in 15th.

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Marc Marquez was forced to fight back from fifth off the starting grid to take his eighth MotoGP Sprint victory of the season at Mugello.

The eight-time World Champion appeared to have a problem with his ride height device at the start of the race and dropped down the order, but bounced back to secure a home win for Ducati. 

Francesco Bagnaia took advantage of his team-mate’s misfortunes on the race start as he took the lead ahead of Alex Marquez into the first corner. 

Aided by Maverick Vinales going wide at Turn 1, Marquez was able to respond almost immediately to his start mishap as he fought back through into fifth. 

Brad Binder made a good start on his KTM machine, but contact with Fabio Di Giannantonio caused the South African to crash out of the first corner, with his bike collecting Johann Zarco.

As the first lap progressed, Marquez produced successive overtakes on Vinales and Fabio Quartararo to move back onto the podium, knowing he would be aided by slipstream in his attempts to catch his brother and Bagnaia. 

Over the line, the three riders were completely level, but it was the younger Marquez who held the inside line at Turn 1. 

The pair would immediately relinquish their positions to Bagnaia as both brothers ran wide, with the Italian maintaining the lead. 

The lead wouldn’t last long, as an aggressive move from Alex Marquez saw the Gresini rider head to the front, as older brother Marc passed Bagnaia a few corners later. 

As the elder Marquez passed Bagnaia, it was clear he had the pace to challenge his brother for the lead of the race and used the slipstream down the main straight to aid the overtake.

Behind the top three, Vinales used his strong pace to muscle past Fabio Quartararo for fourth as the Spaniard looked to chase after Bagnaia for the final points position. 

Quartararo lost further positions to the pair of VR46 riders, as well as home favourite Marco Bezzecchi as he appeared to suffer from the shoulder injury he suffered in Practice.

Out front, Marquez crossed the line to take an eighth Sprint win of the campaign. 

The younger Marquez completed a 1-2 for the brothers with his eighth second place of 2025. 

Bagnaia completed a Ducati sweep of the podium at his home race in third.

Vinales took fourth over the line, with Di Giannantonio overcoming his first-lap contact to finish fifth. 

Bezzecchi ended the race in sixth, splitting the VR46 pair thanks to a last-lap overtake on Franco Morbidelli.

Fermin Aldeguer earned the last point of the Sprint in ninth after overtaking Quartararo on the final lap of the race, with the Frenchman coming home in 10th. 

Enea Bastianini had a positive outing in 11th, finishing ahead of the returning Ai Ogura who took 12th. 

Miguel Oliveira was 13th as Joan Mir led team-mate Takaaki Nakagami over the line in 14th and 15th respectively. 

Jack Miller took the flag in 17th ahead of Lorenzo Savadori in 18th and Alex Rins in 19th. 

Somkiat Chantra was the last of the finishers in 20th.

Pedro Acosta crashed out on the first lap and joined team-mate Binder and Zarco as the retirements from the race.

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Marc Marquez pipped his factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia to claim pole position at Mugello for the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix.

The duo produced incredible laps throughout the session, but the Spaniard came out on top as he posted an all-time lap record of 1.44.169s.

Bagnaia qualified only 0.059s behind his team-mate but will start from the middle of the front row for the first time this season.

Gresini’s Alex Marquez secured third place to round off the first row, with the leading three Ducati riders separated by only 0.083s.

Fabio Quartararo claimed an impressive fourth for Yamaha, especially after popping his shoulder back into place during Friday practice.

Maverick Vinales topped two practice sessions but the Spaniard qualified as the lead KTM rider in fifth.

Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio followed to claim sixth and seventh place for VR46 Ducati with chief Valentino Rossi in attendance.

Pedro Acosta secured eighth ahead of the second factory Yamaha rider Alex Rins, but both posted late laps to qualify faster than Marco Bezzecchi.

Q1 graduates Raul Fernandez and Fermin Aldeguer close out the fourth row on the grid, qualifying in 11th and 12th, respectively.

Jack Miller was the first rider to miss out on the second phase of qualifying, missing out by a minuscule 0.015s.

Johann Zarco will start 14th as the lead Honda rider, as the Japanese marque isn’t up to speed on this high-speed circuit.

After a strong qualifying from Vinales and Acosta, Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini will start 15th and 16th place for KTM, respectively.

Miguel Oliveira followed in 17th for Pramac Yamaha, but lapped faster than Honda HRC duo of Joan Mir and Takaaki Nakagami.

Lorenzo Savadori posted a strong lap and will start both races in 20th, qualifying ahead of rookie sensation Ai Ogura and LCR Honda rider Somkiat Chantra.

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Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales topped the charts for the second time, leading the field at the conclusion of the final MotoGP practice at Mugello.

The Spaniard waited till the end of the session to post his lap, recording a time of 1.45.742s.

Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez led throughout the vast majority of the session, but lapped 0.016s slowly at the end of the 30-minute session.

Fabio Quartararo pulled off an impressive third for factory Yamaha, finishing ahead of title contender Alex Marquez.

KTM’s rise in competitiveness this weekend continued as 21-year-old Pedro Acosta finished fifth for the factory outfit.

Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli slotted their VR46 Ducati’s in sixth and eighth, respectively, with Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi sandwiched between.

Fermin Aldeguer improved on Friday to finish in ninth, with three-time Mugello race winner Francesco Bagnaia down in 10th place.

Enea Bastianini secured 11th for Tech3 KTM, while Honda duo Joan Mir and Takakki Nakagami made a step overnight.

Brad Binder claimed a surprise 14th, but posted a lap quicker than Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura and Raul Fernandz in the closing minutes.

Miguel Oliveira finished in 17th ahead of Johann Zarco, before Yamaha riders Alex Rins and Jack Miller occupying 19th and 20th.

Lorenzo Savadori and Somkiat Chantra once again took up the last two places.

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