After two Grands Prix, it is nothing to say that the Ducati factory is not in the place that the winter predictions promised it. The red tornado that was supposed to take everything away caught the disappointments of Qatar and Indonesia in a gust to better leave the spotlight to the GP21 of the private but talented Enea Bastianini within the no less deserving Gresini satellite team. If a GP22 got on the podium, it is thanks to the Pramac allies with the Frenchman Johann Zarco. In the championship, Pecco Bagnaia only scored one point in two events and his teammate Jack Miller 13, so that the official Ducati team is in 8th place in the ranking reserved for teams with 14 points... In Argentina, this weekend, the intention is to stop this bad series and get back on track. But the Termas de Rio Hondo track is not a priori the best for a Ducati…
Never two without three ? This is what a factory fears most Ducati who comes out of two disappointments in Lusail and Mandalika with what's more a Pecco Bagnaia, designated as its spearhead, until 2024, destabilized. The redcoats are under pressure while theArgentina which is on the horizon is only the third of 21 deadlines on the calendar. The good news is that there are 19 left, including this Termas de Rio Hondo route. A circuit which returns to the spotlight after two years of absence due to a health crisis and a fire in its paddock. It has never been a Grand Prix that was really favorable to the Borgo Panigale factory, but it has grown a lot since last season, erasing its flaws…
We will have to perform well to get back on course, an ambition which is ardently shared by Pecco Bagnaia who is already almost 30 points behind the leader in the championship bastianini. A venture that remains high risk since he has only raced once at Termas, the year of his debut in MotoGP, a race that ended in 14th position aboard the Ducati Pramac… “ Already after the Qatar race and especially after the last GP in Indonesia, my feeling with the Desmosedici has returned to that of last year » he assures. “ Unfortunately, both in Lusail and Mandalika we were unable to demonstrate our real potential, so I have hope of finally succeeding here in Argentina. Termas is a track that I love and I'm determined to finally change our season this weekend ».
The red Ducatis want to stop their black series
For his part, his teammate Jack Miller, even if he did less worse than his teammate and a George Martin who is eyeing his handlebars, is in the same revanchist state of mind: “ I'm happy to be back here in Argentina! During the last GP, organized here in 2019, I managed to obtain a good fourth place, while in 2018 I won my first and only pole position in MotoGP during qualifying » opportunely reminds the Australian. “ The start of this season was a little tiring despite the fact that in the first two rounds we had the potential to be able to claim the podium. We hope to have a more linear weekend here in Argentina ". But it will still be necessary that the motorbikes arrive...
