The Ducati company only has one world title to its name. It was acquired in 2007, with a Casey Stoner who was not yet identified as a phenomenon. But what followed would demonstrate that this achievement was entirely up to him. By doing good, the Australian also did bad at Borgo Panigale where people believed in his technical choices. However, there was another rider who gave another expertise and warned that everything was not rosy on the red bike despite the success of the blue. Loris Capirossi remembers…
Ducati experienced a prosperous period with Casey Stoner, so much so that a world title has embellished the life of a couple between the Australian and the Italian motorcycle. But it was the tree that hid the forest, and from it, Loris Capirossi was trying to make himself heard to warn of future perils... During an interview with "Rosea", the man nicknamed Capirex spoke about his period at Ducati, focusing on the figure of Casey Stoner.
The Romagna pilot exalted the talent of his colleague, emphasizing however that the Ducati 2007 had issues that he attempted to bring to the attention of the team and that Stoner had managed to overcome: Stoner made the difference, he is a driver with great talent even if he perhaps lacked a little technique. In 2007 we moved to the 800, we had a very fast engine but impossible to drive. I was trying to explain my impressions to Filippo Preziosi, but my teammate won and the team followed his instructions correctly. It was a phenomenon, but looking back, I’m still convinced I was right about the bike. : Casey managed to gain a year, then he started to suffer too. »
This period Ducati was also evaluated in a particular way by Jorge Lorenzo, who spent two seasons with the Borgo Panigale firm, demonstrating that in the absence of the gifted pilot Stoner and certain technical circumstances, Ducati would still be looking for a world crown…
