The forced rest of MotoGP also led to the closure of a transfer market which also went into confinement mode. Some had had their noses in packing up their affairs before the pandemic that we know about. Yamaha is in this case with a well-crafted three-year plan with its riders, including testing. As for Honda, Marc Márquez has chosen to stay in his Honda house until 2024. Stability at Suzuki should be the norm while the immobility of Ducati could present the same outcome, but constrained... Which would not displease Danilo Petrucci…
At the end of the 2019 season, Danilo Petrucci presented itself as the weak link in the chain Ducati. After an encouraging first part, the second half was disappointing, but fortunately for the Italian, in the meantime his official contract had been renewed. A chance that will not come twice... Unless the current situation prohibiting the slightest race forces decisions to be postponed until later.
However, petrux does not want to rely on its hazards to succeed. He would prefer to convince by his results: “ we didn't talk about the contract with Ducati, surely we would have done it if we had started the championship. Everything will be postponed to July and August, in the central phase of the championship, to better see the value expressed on the track » he declares on Sky Sports Italia.
« It is clear that I would like to continue with Ducati, I have been with them since 2015 and I have always wanted to be where I am now. But I also know that there are a lot of strong riders who want my bike, but the goal is to stay here for many years. » He ends on the subject: “ renewal is in my hands, everything depends on my results, but if I'm not good enough, I have to look around. I haven't thought about it yet, it's a hypothesis that I haven't evaluated, I would like to start by running first, think about the races and then we'll see. »
A competition which, like many of his colleagues, he sorely misses: “ I will not forget the call from the Ducati team boss, Davide Tardozzi, in which he told me that there was no race in Qatar and that Thailand had been postponed because, at first, you think that it is not possible for a race to be canceled. »
He concludes by revealing the currently dominant state of mind among these champions: “ You miss the race because, ultimately, everything you do is for it. From training to physiotherapy and then all the other commitments. And now that it's not there, you get up in the morning and go work out. But there’s not that verve and that thing that makes you say inside “Sunday is the race”. I'm talking about worry, tension and wakefulness. It's pressure and even though no one wants to have it, it's what makes you feel a little more alive. And when that's missing, you're not yourself. I miss her a lot. »
