Fermin Aldeguer

Teenager Fermin Aldeguer will be out to prove that his disappointing 2024 Moto2 campaign was merely a blip as steps up to MotoGP in the ex-Marc Marquez seat at Gresini this year.

Fermin Aldeguer - Route to MotoGP

Aldeguer was signed by Ducati for 2025 in early 2024, following his late 2023 heroics. 

The young Spaniard had won the last four races in a row on the Speed Up chassis to put even new champion and future MotoGP star Pedro Acosta in the shade.

Without a Moto3 start, Aldeguer's route to grand prix saw him dominate the 2020 European Superstock 600 class, then the 2021 CEV Moto2 championship on a Boscoscuro.

Luca Boscoscuro parachuted Aldeguer into his Speed Up Grand Prix team midway through the same 2021 season, where he took a best of seventh place at Aragon.

Aldeguer's first full world championship year, in 2022, saw him narrowly miss out on the podium before the breakthrough 2023 campaign.

With Acosta moving to MotoGP for 2024, Aldeguer was the runaway pre-season favourite. 

But the new Pirelli tyres shook up the order and, while the Boscoscuro was the early chassis to be on, gaining a clear advantage over Kalex, Aldeguer was often beaten by team-mate Alonso Lopez, plus the MT Helmets duo of eventual champion Ai Ogura and Sergio Garcia.

Aldeguer took three wins but also suffered a nightmare seven non-scores, including an injury absence from Sepang, leaving him fifth in the final standings.