At Ducati, we found ourselves on Thursday caught at Mugello in the whirlwind of a rumor that the choice of Pecco Bagnaia's next teammate had been decided on the name of Jorge Martin. A speculation which is not a speculation in view of the reactions which followed and which are lost more in explanations than in frank denial. Ducati therefore lost control over this sensitive issue, a management that was re-appropriated by the rejected Marc Marquez who immediately closed the door to a Pramac option which was nevertheless as honorable as it was attractive given the current course of the Martinator. An assertion from the Spaniard which visibly embarrasses the Italians…
At least this is what emerges from the reaction to this situation of the one who succeeded Paolo Ciabatti as boss of the competition among the red tunics, namely Mauro Grassilli. Su Sky, relayed by GP One, the man of Ducati commented : " we were not ready for this declaration nor have we prepared ourselves for many more statements from the pilots. They are super smart special people and they just say what they think. In my opinion Marc like all pilots wants to develop his own strategy that is good for him and for his future ».
Ducati: “ we take note of Marc Marquez's point of view, we had carried out several analyzes in recent months and Pramac was one of the hypotheses »
He adds : " we are certainly not surprised by Marc's point of view. We simply take note of it, especially because the Campinoti team is great and ultimately it's a Lenovo team dressed in Pramac led by professionals ».
An evaluation which reveals that Ducati has lost control on this issue: “ in fact we decided not to focus on the Mugello market but only and exclusively on the race. However we will discuss this issue and the strategy to adopt in Dall'Igna and Domenicali starting next week ».
And we are perhaps not at the end of our surprises… “ We had carried out several analyzes in recent months and Pramac was one of the hypotheses but not the only one there were others and we will see how the situation develops. Like I said by summer we will give an answer taking our time ". To be continued …
