The Ducati staff will undoubtedly have a restless sleep tonight, the eve of an Austrian Grand Prix where their machines are five in number in the top 6. Including four in the first four places. However, they will not spontaneously form the square to protect themselves from the isolated Yamaha well led by the stubborn Fabio Quartararo. The Frenchman is 49 points ahead of the first driver of the Borgo Panigale brand, Pecco Bagnaia. But the latter is the first to say that we should not trust appearances. In MotoGP, there are lots of false friends…
With so many Ducati around him, fabio quartararo could be worried about his championship lead over Pecco Bagnaia theoretically surrounded by pilots from the same camp. But the French can count on the civil war to do well since the same bagnaia does not believe in group strategy. A situation which should give headaches to Gigi Dall'Igna and her staff...
The one who won at Assen and at Silverstone, and who can therefore envisage the pass of three this Sunday in Austria comments: “ there are a lot of Ducatis in front, but I don't think they'll let me win ". And he explains: “ Enea Bastianini went fast and in the last laps he is still very consistent. Zarco also went fast and Fabio Quartararo is also fast. He does a good job ". We note that he does not cite the one who announced himself as the most vindictive: Jorge Martin...
Pecco Bagnaia is still waiting for a “ service » from Jack Miller
Pecco Bagnaia still has an ally in the coming fray... " We get along well with Jack Miller, my teammate, we talk a lot and again today we talked about tires. Last year in Austin he let me pass, I expect a “service” from him, we will see on Sunday if he is an ally, but he's not too far behind in the rankings either. Enea is also close in the rankings, it will be a good fight ».
For its part, Ducati already warned during the summer break that we no longer wanted to see the disaster scenario of an Argentine Grand Prix where Iannone, in the last turn, had cut his teammate in two Andrea Dovizioso for the gain of second place… For the moment, this is the only red line that has been set… We also feel a certain tension among the Italian: “ of course I have to make up points, but I have already made mistakes twice this year. I don't want to think about winning because it's about being smart during the race and get the best possible result in the end. A victory would be important, but I don't want to think about it"
MotoGP Austria: Qualifying
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