Through hard work and self-sacrifice, everything ended up smiling on Ducati who reaped the fruits of his labor at the end of a 2022 season that will be remembered. The triple crowns in both MotoGP and WSBK have been taken, which quite simply means that we could not do better since nothing was left to competition anywhere. but it was not always like this, as we know. And the scar from the past that still itch is that of the Valentino Rossi period whose failure shook the very foundations of Ducati Corse. The brand's CEO Claudio Domenicali remembers it as if it were yesterday, not minimizing the damage then done...
All the indicators are green among the reds but there remains in the course which led to the triumphs recorded this season orange lights which remain in function, like a signal of a danger zone to no longer be pace... This is the case when talking to the boss Claudio Domenicali of the one who loves the color yellow, either Valentino Rossi. Upset by Yamaha , the latter came to reproduce in Borgo Panigale what he had done to Honda by joining Iwata's ranks. But we know that it didn't happen like that...
Claudio Domenicali: “ damage in terms of image«
From 2011 to 2012, the results were disappointing and the CEO assures that it is not the image of the Doctor that suffered, while Casey Stoner had nevertheless shown in 2007 that one could become World Champion with a Ducati then thought by Filippo Preziosi. We read of him on Todocircuito : " we couldn't handle Valentino and we took the hit » And he explains: “ when you take the most famous driver in Italy, with 9 world titles, and you can't win, you also have damage in terms of image. I became CEO in 2013, when it was just coming out, and I picked up the pieces. At that point, you can only get back to work to start again ».
What they did at Borgo Panigale, rebuilding from the rubble, so to speak, a scenario that the sports director also developed Paolo ciabatti. Long and difficult work, which ended up paying off, particularly with the hiring of Gigi Dall'Igna : “ for two years we worked hard to make changes. If you don't research in an orderly manner but struggle, you lose clarity " finished Sundays on these dark years for the reds who today see life in pink, just like Vale because Pecco Bagnaia reconciled them all. It actually comes from the VR46 Academy…
