{"id":15099305,"date":"2026-04-05T10:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/ducati-playing-catch-up-to-aprilia-but-insists-nothing-is-lost-in-motogp-title-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:00:08","slug":"ducati-playing-catch-up-to-aprilia-but-insists-nothing-is-lost-in-motogp-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/ducati-playing-catch-up-to-aprilia-but-insists-nothing-is-lost-in-motogp-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducati playing \u201ccatch-up\u201d to Aprilia but insists \u201cnothing is lost\u201d in MotoGP title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ducati has admitted it is no longer MotoGP\u2019s benchmark manufacturer, but insists it still has a chance of overhauling Aprilia and continuing its title-winning run.<br \/>Marco\u00a0Bezzecchi\u2019s victory at last weekend\u2019s United States Grand Prix reinforced the belief that Aprilia now has the best bike in MotoGP.<br \/>Although the\u00a0Noale factory had already emerged as a regular winner in the second half &#8230;<a class='more' href='https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/motogp\/news\/ducati-playing-catch-up-to-aprilia-but-insists-nothing-is-lost-in-title-fight\/10810514\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-BIKES&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www'>Keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/motogp\/news\/ducati-playing-catch-up-to-aprilia-but-insists-nothing-is-lost-in-title-fight\/10810514\/?utm_source=RSS&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=RSS-BIKES&#038;utm_term=News&#038;utm_content=www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Autos \u2013 Motorsports Bikes Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ducati has admitted it is no longer MotoGP\u2019s benchmark manufacturer, but insists it still has a chance of overhauling Aprilia and continuing its title-winning run.Marco\u00a0Bezzecchi\u2019s victory at last weekend\u2019s United States Grand Prix reinforced the belief that Aprilia now 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