MotoGP, divorce between Dovizioso and Ducati: Paolo Ciabatti is disappointed but not surprised

It's an established fact at Ducati: we are no longer competent at Borgo Panigale to recruit our riders than to keep them. Because once you're in the red cauldron, you have to have strong nerves. They even managed to wear down Valentino Rossi who recently won, at the age of 41, a political standoff with Yamaha. Andrea Dovizioso held on for eight years. But this time, the tolerance threshold has been reached. In 2020, it will be the end of DesmoDovi.

Ducati and HR are a whole counter-example to be distilled into courses specialized in the subject. The Reds had built a golden bridge to cross a Jorge Lorenzo which was not a success in terms of return on investment. And it was after giving him notice of his dismissal that he started to win.

Meanwhile, although paid ten times less, Andrea Dovizioso saved this resounding failure by playing the title against Marc Marquez. Without receiving the praise of a Gigi Dall'Igna with which the current never passed.

2020 and its confinement period has put things into perspective. Ducati went hunting Vinales, Quartararo, kept in touch with Lorenzo, all with a view to replacing it. Arriving at the Red Bull Ring, he discovered that there was an ultimatum at the end of the two meetings organized in Austria. SO Dovizioso took the lead and showed that he remained in control of his fate. After declaring that it is Gigi Dall'Igna who decided at Ducati. A snub...

Dovizioso-Zarco same fight?

For a little, we detected a character trait in the Johann zarco in this leap into the unknown. Because Dovizioso wants to stay in MotoGP. However, there are no more places… At Ducati, a reaction came from Paolo ciabatti, the sports director: “ it's a shame, we've been together for eight years, we win together and we'll do it again. Unfortunately, there were no conditions for continuing this relationship ».

« Our desire is to make the most of it. It was Andrea who told us not to negotiate, there is not much to add. We can't be happy right now, but I want to look at the positive side of this relationship in which we have achieved extraordinary results ". Then he finishes: “ I expected that ". There is no longer any Dovizioso to be crowned World Champion and the trophy of ridicule will be for Ducati this season…