Pecco Bagnaia in particular and the Ducatis in general were untouchable during this first day of the German Grand Prix which took place on a Sachsenring track which had never brought the Desmosedici to such a celebration. The Borgo Panigale factory has only been victorious once in Saxony, in 2008, with the phenomenon Casey Stoner. The last time Ducati was on the podium was with Andrea Dovizioso when he finished third in 2016. But given the timesheet issued after this first day in Saxony, we can start to seriously consider a reversal trend…
Ducati has definitely done his homework well, with all due respect to the sore losers, while KTM is the exception which confirms this new rule which says that, to shine in MotoGP, you have to ride a European machine. Unless you have hired Fabio Quartararo. The latter, seventh, is the best representative of the Japanese industry which barely saves face with a second representative in the top 10, closed by the Suzuki of Joan Mir. But otherwise, with both Aprilia, there are eight motorcycles from the old continent which monopolize the top of the basket of the premier category in Saxony, this Friday.
In addition to the facts, there is the manner since the record of the former master of the place who was Marc Marquez was beaten three times. Once a Luca marini and twice a Pecco Bagnaia, who stopped the clock at 1'20.018 on his GP22. The Italian seems to be in this sphere which sometimes makes him untouchable, and this confidence gives him the opportunity to distill messages that go beyond the current Grand Prix. What he did, by touching on the subject of a future 2023 teammate whose name remains to be defined, but who will have to have a certain state of mind once dressed all in red...
Taking stock of this first day, which it would be an understatement to describe as good, the official Ducati until 2024 first reminds where it comes from: “ considering that a year ago, on the same Friday last here, I was last, I can only be happy. This morning I started pushing and I immediately felt good. I don't want to touch anything on the bike, everything worked perfectly. Medium and hard are good, the choice will not be easy. Tomorrow the temperatures will rise and the work of this Friday will be very useful to us ».
Pecco Bagnaia: “I hope my future teammate doesn't start doing stupid things"
Then he insists on the work carried out on the Desmosedici to get there. The Italian finally seems to have calmed down and found the right path to continue her rise. The GP22 perfectly meets the needs of all drivers, having improved cornering even at the cost of a loss in terms of top speed. Work that has been going on since last season and which is now starting to bear fruit. “ When Jack and I arrived, we found bases that made you ride in a way that didn't allow you to enjoy a certain riding base. We started to move that baseline.” Pecco Bagnaia specifies as follows: « from a motorcycle that didn't run we arrived at a motorcycle that ran a lot. We lost a little top speed but we have a lot of traction, today we saw the results and many of us are at the front with the Ducati ».
This joint work with these claimed good results allows him to send a message to his future neighbor... There is thus a relaxed atmosphere of great collaboration in the box Ducati, and the hope of bagnaia and that this can continue in the coming years, when there will be no more Jack Miller in the area. A clear message that the 2021 world vice-champion sends to George Martin et Enea Bastianini. “ We have overturned the notion of being enemies, it's stupid talk. If you have the possibility to help each other why not do it... There is a good climate in the box, we make good use of each other's data, we also ride in a similar way in certain respects, it's a relationship which helps us a lot. That's why I said I'd like to continue with Jack. We have worked together for many years, I generally have good relationships with all my teammates. I hope that whoever comes next year will have the intelligence to understand our working method and will not start doing stupid things. If we want to progress we have to continue like this. I think that's the key and that's what we're doing now to improve the Ducati ". To the wise...
MotoGP Germany J1: times
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