Ducati's 2023 MotoGP season has been shaping up since the off-season without the slightest cloud, a trend that the first Grand Prix in Portugal confirmed with a faultless ride from Pecco Bagnaia. Then the reigning World Champion tripped up in Argentina before falling again in Austin, while leading the race. An accident of which he gave a version clearing him of any responsibility, even criticizing his GP23 as being too perfect. The telemetry proved him wrong and in Borgo Panigale, we didn't really appreciate the episode.
It is on this misunderstanding which has not yet been dispelled by an internal meeting that the life of Ducati Corsica, while waiting for the Spanish Grand Prix. That being said, the boss Gigi Dall'Igna don't stay silent though. After having mentioned a “ zero that stings » Back from the Americas, he gave his interpretation of the “error” within his troops, before leading them to the battlefield of Jerez, where the fourth round of the season will take place next weekend.
Gigi Dall’Igna Ducati: “ everyone makes mistakes it only becomes a problem if drivers keep making the same mistakes »
Public chat speedweek, we read of him thus: “ everyone makes mistakes and the pilot has a really difficult job » he begins before specifying: “ This only becomes a problem if drivers continue to make the same errors. But the mistakes themselves must be accepted ».
To the question asked about a Pecco Bagnaia disinclined to validate daring technical developments, thus preferring progress in measured steps, the same Dall'Igna responds soberly: “ I have to help the pilots, that’s my goal ". And then he ends with this other message which is no more innocent than the previous one: “ I'm really happy with eight bikes in the peloton, but we certainly can't continue like this forever ". Head to Jerez, where Enea Bastianini should resume its place as a neighbor of Pecco Bagnaia...
