Marc Marquez insists there’s “no panic” as Ducati’s record podium streak snapped

Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says there is “no panic” following Ducati’s disappointing start to the 2026 season at the Thai Grand Prix.

For the first time since the 2021 British Grand Prix, no Ducati rider featured on the podium in Sunday’s race at Buriram.

It ends an 88-race grand prix podium streak for the Italian brand, whose dominance looks under threat after Aprilia cruised to victory with Marco Bezzecchi in Thailand.

Ducati was over 15 seconds off the win in a best of sixth for Fabio Di Giannantonio, while a potential podium for Marc Marquez was snatched from him by a rear wheel failure on lap 21 of 26.

Ducati boss Davide Tardozzi also admitted the brand still doesn’t understand why it struggled so much at Buriram having been strong at the test just one week ago.

Marquez urges calm after Ducati struggles

Despite the worrying start to the season for Ducati, Marquez doesn’t believe there is cause for concern yet.

“Of course, Ducati is working,” he told TNT Sport.

“We need to work well, we need to work hard, but no panic.

“Here it’s a different casing, it’s a different tyre. Let’s see the next races.

“Of course, we need to work, we cannot sleep.”

On his tyre issue, he added: “I don’t want to waste time.

“I just want to think about the next race. It’s not a problem of Michelin, and it’s not a problem of the track.

“It’s just those double kerbs are good for some reasons, but today we saw something unusual. But, it happens.

“It was super strange because even the rim was completely damaged. So, I feel really lucky that it was not a massive highside.”

Marquez made a slow start to the grand prix, but says this was about managing the physical condition in his shoulder, which is still not 100%, and is confident “the level is there” to still be competitive.

“I was super calm in the beginning.

“I knew it would be a long race for the tyres, for my physical condition, and I said, ‘Ok, I want to be calm, doesn’t matter if they overtook me’.

“Then, when 10 laps remained, that’s when I started to attack. I was arriving every lap closer to the podium, catching Raul [Fernandez] and Pedro [Acosta].

“But ok, today we scored zero points, but the most important thing is that the level is there.”