Son of a Moto Guzzi dealer, Victorian Guareschi began his racing career in 1988 at the age of 17 in the Cagiva team in the Italian 125cc Championship alongside teammate Valentino Rossi.
He finished it at the end of 2009 by succeeding Livio Suppo (who left for Honda) as team manager of the Ducati MotoGP team.
Four years later, he took the reins of the Sky VR46 Moto3 team from his former teammate before having to leave less than a year later for reasons that are still unclear today.
The man therefore knows music and his analysis published in MotoSprint on the occasion of the Malaysian Grand Prix is far from uninteresting…
Victorian Guareschi: “I immediately give my opinion on the subject of team instructions at Ducati: in my opinion, Lorenzo n’a pas laissé passer Dovizioso, et c’est Andrea qu’il l’a battu parce qu’il a été plus malin. Un pilote qui veut te laisser passer, il ne le fait pas de la manière dont Jorge a subi le dépassement, parce que c’était très risqué. Il le fait à la fin, dans un endroit “facile”, après avoir montré qu’il avait de toute façon été le plus fort…
On the other hand, at that moment in the race, Jorge was having great difficulty braking, with the front, and when he suffered Dovi's attack, his bike was experiencing a lot of movement. And this has been happening for a few laps. Jorge had trouble stopping. The fact is that once again Dovi’s trickery prevailed… and also that of Marquez. They are the two most intelligent, they are the ones who not only ride hard but who know how to manage, they know what to do at every moment: they use the tires well throughout the race.
Concerning Dovizioso. He never really attacked, unlike Lorenzo, and he kept the tires for the last 4 or 5 laps. That is to say when he increased the pace, and he made the difference with Lorenzo. Who, on the other hand, had burned his tires. Another lesson from Dovi, and he understood like no other how to handle the Ducati. Whether in the dry or in the wet.
This time, the race was on wet asphalt, the track never really dried, and the two Ducatis put on a show! Beautiful to see was the way they approached certain passages. In the part including the fast and sloping curves 11-12-13, it seemed to be running on a dry track!
The Ducati continue to be unbeatable on wet asphalt, they were already very efficient for years, even when they had great difficulties which no longer exist today.
All it takes is it to rain, and the Ducatis are transformed. I believe the reason this bike performs so well in the wet is that the Desmosedici transfers a lot of load to its tires, which in these conditions provides more grip. However, it is exactly the opposite when it is dry: the high load becomes a problem, it makes the Ducatis not very agile and more difficult to manage.
At Sepang, the Ducatis were on another planet, this was evident from the way the riders braked, and the way they entered the bike into curves. At the end, Jorge's Ducati became more unstable because he burned the tires, but for the rest, this bike was excellent. In this respect, Petrucci's bad luck at the start is a shame: otherwise, in my opinion, Danilo was also on the podium.
We come to Marquez. He was in great difficulty, and we only understood it by the fact that he gave up trying to get Zarco. Under normal conditions, Marc would not have remained so calm. He wasn't in the conditions to take risks, he brought home points, and he did well. He was very, very good, securing fourth place, and this is understandable if we consider the fatigue of the other Honda drivers in these conditions. Pedrosa finished very far behind, for example. As always, Marc made the difference: he understood that he couldn't do anything else without taking too many risks, and he adapted. Marc never exaggerated, he took few risks. Very cunning, very strong. Tis the season for smart drivers. »
