MotoGP Ducati: End of game for Mission Winnow?

From the start, the initiative was given the seal of reprieve. The “Mission Winnow” logo may have championed a better world without smoke, but it was still the emanation of a tobacco company which therefore acted as a mea culpa. Or sarcasm? The anti-smoking associations were up in arms and territories were banned from the new brand. It seems today that the surrender is near...

We fire a red ball at “ Mission Winnow », a color which is also the one which serves as the background to his exhibition. Ferrari and Ducati, which are in the small cigarette papers of the Phillip Morris group, will undoubtedly have to review their decoration.

According to information relayed by Tutomototoriweb, we must look at what is happening with Ferrari in Formula 1 to gain insight into what will happen with Ducati in MotoGP. In Formula 1, Mission Winnow was not exhibited in Australia and then again in Canada and it will be the same at Paul Ricard. In MotoGP after being hidden at Le Mans, it should disappear completely from the next round in Assen, in the Netherlands, at the end of June.

When the Scuderia found itself unable to put on the main sponsor's stickers, it sported the celebratory logo marking the 90th anniversary of his birth. For Borgo Panigale these are personal exhibitions of its two pilots Andrea Dovizioso et Danilo Petrucci who filled the absence.

Rumor has it that the operation is stopping for all red bodies, whether two or four wheels. If the cigarette manufacturer confirms this decision, Ferrari and Ducati would lose their title sponsor. The two manufacturers refuse to comment on the situation.

For its part, Simon Dowding, a spokesperson for Mission Winnow, provided his own version: “ as announced at the start of the season, we can, race by race, offer our partners the possibility of communicating other messages rather than ours. As in the case of Melbourne and Montreal, the Maranello team displayed the 90th anniversary logo. We will endeavor to share more information on this and in the most appropriate manner before each event ».