This is the sentence spoken by the boss of Ducati who decided the future of Jorge Lorenzo within the official Borgo Panigale team: “ Lorenzo is a great rider who doesn't get the most out of our bike ". It was before the Mugello, an Italian Grand Prix won by a Por Fuera who then went on to have two other successes and who has since shown that he is indeed making the most of his Desmosedici. Certainly, but at the same time, the Majorcan signed with Honda, for the rest of his career…
So, Claudio Domenicali Does he harbor any regrets by having expressed himself in this way about his pilot? It would be bad to know him. In comments relayed by Motoracing, he explains : " everything happens in a given time. I don't think there was any mistake made. We all had the same information in our hands. And based on that, we and Lorenzo made decisions. From a purely sporting point of view, it's a shame. But we are very happy with the future team that we have put together ».
He specifies : " we believe that Dovizioso has great potential and that Petrucci will allow him to collect as many points as possible in the season. Jorge? He's a very nice person, a polite driver, he's a really good guy and I'm sincerely sorry that things turned out this way so quickly. But no one knows what can happen in the future ».
In fact, when Jorge Lorenzo will have crossed the door of the Ducati team to go towards the HRC, it will remain open to him. Still, the future Honda team already has something to impress on paper, with this Marquez-Lorenzo duo: “ I don't need to point out that they will have two extremely strong drivers. But, lately, Formula 1 at Monza has shown that with two successful drivers in your team, you can also have problems to deal with. We also experienced this type of problem. As for me, I will not underestimate what Dovizioso will be able to do in 2019 with Petrucci by his side ».
The message is clear: we are focusing on what is happening above all at Ducati. An instruction also sent to Davide Tardozzi who expressed his regret at seeing the Majorcan leave for Honda… “ I prefer to talk about what is happening at home. We tried to put Jorge in the best conditions, both within the team and on the bike. We were very close, things went well between us. I think that in the end, our team is a good team where we feel good ».
