MotoGP, Davide Tardozzi, Ducati: “if Lorenzo had believed in us a little more, his results would have come sooner”.

25 million euros spent in two years on the salary of a single driver for three victories. This is the raw assessment of the adventure Jorge Lorenzo with Ducati. All this to find Por Fuera on a Honda with a few secrets about the Desmosedici in mind which could be useful in the development of the RC213V... A lesson learned by the Red Army which, since then, has changed strategy by focusing on the only Dovizioso, faithful for six seasons. But listening to Davide Tardozzi, it could have gone very differently…

The general idea is that Ducati was slow to listen to the Majorcan who had become efficient once he was finally able to have the GP18 of his dreams. And it is true that the latest ergonomic innovations arrived for an Italian Grand Prix that the five-time winner won. And we know the rest in Barcelona as in Austria…

A version that does not validate Davide Tardozzi. The latter, on the contrary, throws stones at the pilot… “ sportingly speaking, his late results bothered me. Then there were situations that affected his rapid arrival at this level. But in the end, we were right to think that with our bike he could win. Unfortunately, he showed us this much too late. If he had believed in us a little more, a little earlier, perhaps these results would also have arrived a little more quickly ».

Comments relayed by Tutomotoriweb which show that nothing was simple behind the scenes between the manufacturer and its driver: “ there is the technical point of view, but also and above all the way of driving. Just as he was clearing up his future by deciding to go to Honda, he suddenly adapted to motorcycling. He stopped thinking that if he flew the way he wanted, he would naturally become strong, as he knew how. That's when he came back to his level ».

In the meantime, too, the big boss of Ducati had piqued him by making him understand, before Mugello, that he was no longer a priority at Borgo Panigale.