At Ducati, things are getting agitated and plan B is starting to take shape. The primary intention among officials is to confirm the current pair composed of a Dovizioso who runs the store and a Lorenzo value for money subject to doubt. But we know that things are scorching among the Reds, especially since the carnage of Jerez. Both the Italian and the Majorcan do not agree with their employer on the conditions for renewing their contract. So the men of Borgo Panigale were sent to market. And Danilo Petrucci informs us of the latest contacts!
Dovizioso may feel discredited, misunderstood or even betrayed, and Lorenzo doesn't want to come down from the pedestal that Ducati put him on. Among the reds, we definitely have difficulty managing the human dough. We will remember, to be convinced, the episode Casey Stoner...
But we are in 2018 and we are talking about 2019 and 2020. If Lorenzo leaves and that Dovizioso pack up, what will Ducati have left? When reading the contracts, we have in stock Jack Miller et Danilo Petrucci. But this theory rarely stands up to practice. And it's Petrux who explains the real situation to us, on Tutomotoriweb... " a lot of riders want these official Ducatis and I'm one of them. There are those who set their conditions like Dovizioso and there are those who want to persuade that we are not wrong about them like Lorenzo ».
He specifies : " I know there are riders who have offered themselves to Ducati like Crutchlow and Iannone. And Iannone really wants to go. This is why we have seen the real Iannone since these last races. As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to go with the official Ducati, but it's complicated ". The big maneuvers are underway at Ducati and it will be necessary to do better than a fifth place in Qatar and a fourth in Jerez for the Bologna factory to deign to take into consideration the current Pramac rider. Who nevertheless drives a GP18. That being said, Petrucci is a potential candidate for an official position at Aprilia.
