The sixth meeting of the season was sensitive for a factory Ducati who had announced new features on his motorcycle and boldness on all levels to counter Marc Márquez in full power build-up on his Honda. A stop had to be given and indeed, Ducati deprived the great rival of victory by achieving victory on its home soil. However, he left his Italian campaign stronger in the championship than he arrived there. An assessment that the collective hysteria in the Red stand celebrating the victory of Petrucci cannot deny. Or was she there to hide it?
Marc Márquez is a great competitor and a ruthless rival. To be at this level, you also need a lot of foresight. And the conclusion of his trip to Mugello is worth all the talk: “ I won against Dovizioso, I did not lose against Petrucci ". All is said. And after the jubilation of the moment saluting the first victory of Petrucci, his teammate Dovizioso dropped : " Petrucci was aggressive, I lost points and it's not good ».
The beautiful, unprecedented understanding will therefore have been nothing more than a mirage. Motorcycling is not Formula 1, it is a matter of people more than of teams. But in all cases, great friendships and complicity between teammates do not exist. Dovizioso realized it.
So we have to keep up appearances and that's Gigi Dall'Igna who speaks to avoid debate. “ It's fantastic. I am happy and proud of the work accomplished in recent years. Mugello is an extremely important race for Ducati because almost all of our employees are rallying to support us, and winning in front of them is really satisfying ". The official version is a third victory for the reds at Mugello. And that's all.
The rest will not make you smile Dovizioso : “ Danilo had a great race, like at Le Mans. In general he is doing well from the start, but in the first races he was missing a bit on Sunday. In any case, what he did is incredible. He seemed to be used to handling such situations, but this was the first time he played for victory ". And he ends thus on GP One : " Ducati gives all its riders the chance to win ». Marc Márquez didn't expect so much...
MotoGP Championship after Mugello:
| 1 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 115 | |
| 2 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 103 | -12 |
| 3 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 88 | -27 |
| 4 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 82 | -33 |
| 5 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 72 | -43 |
| 6 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 42 | -73 |
| 7 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 42 | -73 |
| 8 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 40 | -75 |
| 9 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 40 | -75 |
| 10 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 38 | -77 |
| 11 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 34 | -81 |
| 12 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 31 | -84 |
| 13 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 27 | -88 |
| 14 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 19 | -96 |
| 15 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 12 | -103 |
| 16 | johann zarco | KTM | 10 | -105 |
| 17 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 9 | -106 |
| 18 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 9 | -106 |
| 19 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 8 | -107 |
| 20 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 7 | -108 |
| 21 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 6 | -109 |
| 22 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 3 | -113 |
| 23 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 2 | -113 |
| 24 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 2 | -113 |
