At Ducati, the choice of Andrea, Dovizioso or Iannone, who will line up in 2017 alongside Jorge Lorenzo, has not yet been made. At least officially.
Mugello would have been a perfect date to make an announcement, but it seems that not everything is settled yet.
“As we said before, the Barcelona Grand Prix is our deadline. We could, however, conclude the negotiations before that”, Explain Paolo ciabatti.
The MotoGP Project Director specifies: “There are a lot of factors to consider, future prospects, working methods and, I won't deny it, the financial aspect. We want to reach an agreement with one of them, and at the moment we are not considering anyone else.".
In fact, Ducati is not keen to reveal the identity
We met Charles Pernat at Le Mans and, obviously, Andrea Iannone's manager was not optimistic. “At Ducati, that doesn’t work. To be champion, you also have to have the head” he told us.
After the race, and even though Dovizioso also made a mistake, it was even worse.
A priori, Ducati does not want to make its announcement before the Italian Grand Prix; the start of the season has been catastrophic and the men of Borgo Panigale simply want to avoid another conflict at home, especially since the salary of the “lucky chosen one” would be significantly reduced…
