This 2019 season should be one of victory now for Ducati, starting in MotoGP where ambition was even written in English on the fairings. At mid-campaign, what is the outcome? Not really in the tone proclaimed loud and clear: Marc Márquez leads the way in the championship with 58 points ahead of Andrea Dovizioso whose place of runner-up is moreover coveted by his own teammate and a Suzuki driven by Álex Rins…
Clearly, the shortcuts made during the vigils of this 2019 Grand Prix vintage have fizzled out. The “Honda dream team” has never presented the beginning of a dreamlike scenario. As for the “Winnow Mission”, it turns out to be impossible. Worse, the cohesion promised among the Reds is cracking.
Before disappearing for his summer vacation, Andrea Dovizioso took stock. “ We are not fighting against Marc Márquez. Right now we're fighting against ourselves, because we're not close enough to try to defeat it ". It will be recalled that Crutchlow announced that the title at stake had already been awarded from Mugello. An estimate that DesmoDovi seems to endorse: “ during the next meetings, I will be more competitive, but it will not be enough to start thinking about fighting Marc ».
Dovizioso refers to Brno, where he led a Ducati double last year, and to the Red Bull Ring which will follow the meeting in the Czech Republic where the Desmosedici have never known defeat since the return to the Austrian calendar in 2016.
« There's not much to say, we're not as competitive as we'd like " finished Dovizioso who has been asking for four years for a motorcycle that can take corners with agility. The final word goes to his teammate, and ultimately rival, Danilo Petrucci : " we are not happy at all. We've probably reached the limit of our motorcycle ». Gigi Dall'Igna will have to get back to work...
