After remembering its more than consistent past marked by the feats of arms of Makoto Tamada (2003), Max Biaggi (2003-2004), Alex Barros (2007), Toni Elias (2008), Héctor Barberá (2012), Andrea Iannone (2013-2014), Danilo Petrucci (2015), Scott Redding (2016), Danilo Petrucci (2017), Jack Miller (2019) and Francesco Bagnaia (2020), the Pramac Racing team has unveiled its 2021 liveries for the Ducati GP21s of Johann Zarco and Jorge Martin.
The opportunity for Ducati to reiterate the confidence that the men of Borgo Panigale place in the structure led by Paolo Campinoti.
Luigi Dall'Igna, General Manager of Ducati Corse: “the Pramac team is fundamental for the technical development of all Ducati Corse. With this team and its riders, we carry out numerous tests which are then adopted internally in the official team, because a very large part of the technical development of the entire motorcycle is carried out at Pramac. Before starting a world championship season, each time you must always have faith in your own skills and you must always aim for the most important goal. In my opinion, you always have to start again and have that goal, and pursue it with as much determination as possible to achieve it. Ducati wants to win above all else, so to win you have to give everything in every part of the bike to get the most, and we will do the same with the Pramac team. We will try to make the most of it to achieve our common goal. »
French enthusiasts who encourage John Zarco will therefore be fully reassured about the support provided by the men in red to the double Moto2 world champion. For details regarding human resources, please click Paolo ciabatti, the Sporting Director of Ducati Corse, who took care of it…
“Inside the Pramac box there will be five Ducati men. On Zarco's side we will have Marco Rigamonti and Erick Chiarvesio, who already started working with him last year. And on the side of Jorge Martin who is making his MotoGP debut, there will be Daniele Romagnoli and Christian Battaglia. Then there will be Andrea Denaro who is the team's storekeeper. »
As for the material, it is Francesco Guidotti, the Team Manager of Pramac Racing, who specifies: “We will have two magnificent motorcycles, but what will they be? It will depend on Gigi, on what he provides us (laughs). No, jokes aside, we have the latest available version of the Ducati. I think Zarco will have the short-term developments to be at the level of the official drivers, while unfortunately Martin has not yet had the chance to do a single lap to test him. He will therefore also have to use the first races as a test. »
So no, as a Pramac Racing driver, Johann zarco is officially not one of the two Ducati factory riders. But if we take stock, he has a contract directly with Ducati, Ducati technicians in his box, a factory GP21 and very short-term developments.
Admit that the difference is slight. Very tenuous...
2021, the year of Zarco?
