Paolo Ciabatti sees the assault on the MotoGP title difficult. There will be no team instructions, but he asks his drivers to avoid extreme overtaking.
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The accident of fabio quartararo in Assen has revived the hopes of Ducati to aspire to the MotoGP title. Between Pecco Bagnaia and the leader Yamaha there is 66 points, the remaining races are at 9, and the feat does not look easy at all. Without further developments, the Piedmontese driver does not have much chance, but once again the Emilian firm is master of the Manufacturers' ranking. A “contradiction” which has persisted for several years and pushes the brand to look for its top driver capable of title the Desmosedici in the World Drivers' Championship.
Hope is the last to die and the sports director Paolo ciabatti does not want to give up, at least until mathematics gives the last word. “ We will only consider the championship closed when we no longer have the arithmetic possibility of fighting for victory. The zeros from Bagnaia in Spain and Germany weighed heavily, also because we were competitive on all circuits. We had some problems during the first races of the season », while the Ducati GP22 still had to find its right balance, so much so that the GP21 wrongly seemed better than the last version. In MotoGP, not always and only the fastest win, but you need a certain regularity in results, score points even on bad Sundays, not make mistakes.
Pecco Bagnaia has already made four mistakes which may have already condemned him to forfeit the 2022 title. Quarterly made his first mistake of the season in MotoGP, Aleix Espargarò in addition to claiming a victory and four podiums has always centered the top-4 except from Indonesia and Texas. Two road rollers that Paolo Ciabatti looks with admiration. “ If you look at the standings, and if you look at Fabio and Aleix, they are adding points in all the Grands Prix, they are doing an incredible job ».
Ciabatti: “ we don't like team orders«
The excellent results of Ducati, on the other hand, are scattered among its many pilots: it won 6 races on 11, there is always a Desmosedici in the front row, always on the podium, leader of the Manufacturers' championship. But in the driver rankings, the top remains distant after only mid-season. “ Pecco's zeros have reduced our chances of winning the World Drivers' Championship... It will be very difficult ».
At Ducati, they do not want to hear about team instructions, the laissez-faire policy will continue at Silverstone. No intention of pushing for a single rider, even at the cost of having to once again postpone the assault on the MotoGP title. “ We don't like team orders, we would only consider them if they were needed in the last race. We only tell our drivers not to go into extreme overtaking against their brand comrades. We still remember Dovizioso and Iannone a few years ago in Argentina and we want to avoid that ", concluded Paolo ciabatti. " But everyone has the right to win races if there is a chance ».
