MotoGP, Claudio Domenicali, Ducati: “I am very angry with Jorge Lorenzo”

A year ago, Claudio Domenicali, boss of Ducati, took the lead on the future of Jorge Lorenzo within his company. Not waiting for the deadline set for the end of the Catalan Grand Prix, he announced the driver's departure even before the Italian Grand Prix. We know how Por Fuera responded to him on the track... A year later, the story still has a bitter taste in the boss's mouth. The proof…

Jorge Lorenzo is now an injured Honda rider while his replacement within the official Ducati team, Danilo Petrucci, was enthroned last Sunday on the podium at Mugello. A moment that Claudio Domenicali enjoyed it, since it was also a special anniversary in his relationship with the Majorcan.

Car Jorge Lorenzo is still in the mind of the CEO of Ducati: “ Lorenzo is a good boy, but he is very lonely, which is a shame because he is fast. We ran out of time with him, but from Mugello onwards, he performed very well with our bike. He could have won every race. So, honestly, I'm very angry with him ". He adds in a conversation with the media Trademarks : “ I think things like the ones he wrote on his helmet like “I'm not a great driver, I'm a champion” don't do him any good. Because it creates many enemies and he doesn't need them ».

Even if the page is difficult to turn, another one has opened with a duet Dovizioso-Petrucci the effectiveness of which remains to be proven. Especially after the Mugello scenario which saw Petrucci win in front of Márquez happy to be ahead Dovizioso who therefore lost points on his rival in the title race… “ It's difficult, because planning something against Marc Márquez is not easy. He is very clever, as we saw during qualifying at Mugello, when he developed his strategy to reach pole position. He is very good at that ».

« We have a team in which, with two drivers like Danilo and Andrea, you can work very well. I think our team has never been so close, because normally two good drivers tend to be competitors, but Danilo won a lot less than Andrea ».

But for Sundays, Petrucci is a pilot who makes the right decisions: “ at Le Mans he had a very intelligent race. I think he could have beaten Andrea, but maybe it would have been very risky, he could have touched him. Maybe if it had been another driver he would have tried to overtake him, so Danilo shows that he is not only fast, but also very smart ". See you at the end of the season to draw the conclusions of this new direction...