In MotoGP, it is a widely shared certainty: a rider who is not in a factory team cannot win. At least, not on a regular basis. Only racing circumstances paralyzing the official tunics can overturn the pyramid. And yet, recently, we cannot say that the satellite structures are poorly equipped in terms of equipment. Ducati has six Desmosedici on the starting grid, and it is precisely the Borgo Panigale rider Andrea Dovizioso who swears that today we can achieve this perfectly outside the official field...
It is more and more repeated, but also proven: MotoGP is first and foremost a story of the rider before being a matter of the machine. But then, how come there are almost only official residents on the first step of the podium? Andrea Dovizioso, former factory driver Ducati, responds by assuring that there is no inevitability in the matter…
When Dovi hears that it is not possible to win with a satellite team, he responds bluntly: “ this is totally false. That the satellite team is managed differently from the official team is true. But it depends on the team. The management of the satellite team decides what happens next. If you want to be supported and have it all, you can have it. There is no particular reason why you can't win with a satellite team ».
« If you have the official bike, the right parts, the updates and if you are a rider who has importance in the development, you can win. The optical effect of seeing a driver with unofficial colors distorts reality. It is true that the figures say that the satellite teams do not win, but only because the strongest drivers are in the official teams. »
« It is clear that in an official team, there are a lot of people and technicians behind them, but as the teams are structured today, the satellites also have internal technicians, they meet together. You can win: it depends on how it's organized » ends Dovi on Moto.it. In 2021, Valentino Rossi, if he decides to continue his career, will undoubtedly find himself within the satellite team Yamaha what is Petronas. The general assessment of Dovizioso can therefore reassure him about his particular situation…
