Gigi Dall'Igna has every reason to take advantage of the present in her essential function within a Ducati factory which has won everything this year in MotoGP and WSBK. But this intoxication of absolute success can also be a damaging anesthetic, blurring the vision of the future which, in MotoGP, is always at the doorstep of motor homes. However, listening to the Italian on the subject, it seems that he retained all his discernment about the sequence of events...
Gigi Dall'Igna can contemplate his work accomplished and begun upon his arrival at Ducati in 2014 with the greatest satisfaction. He bet on an unprecedented technical development which is now dissolving his competitors, and on young pilots, one of whom, Pecco Bagnaia is now World Champion. A synergy which could just as easily have been a black hole, but which the red tunics are proud of by making their adversaries see all the colors.
Gigi Dall'Igna, in comments relayed by Motoracing recalls that all this was certainly not guaranteed when the affair was launched: “ when you invest in young people, you know that they are good and talented, but then anything can happen. Furthermore, MotoGP is a difficult category. With Pecco, we made the right choice » smiled the man Ducati Corsica who adds: “ I chose him because he spent two years in Moto3 with a non-competitive bike and won races. I like riders who don't complain and try to achieve results whatever bike they have. This is a quality that champions must have. So I understood that Pecco could do great things ».
Gigi Dall’Igna Ducati: “ Marc Marquez is still scary. Anyone who is not afraid of it is simply crazy«
On his World Champion, he also said: “ he is someone who can write history. He refines everything. If it eliminates a few small imperfections, it can make an incredible difference ". There is therefore still room for progress and it will have to be filled in order to compete on equal terms with a certain Marc Marquez which remains the reference for Gigi: “ Marc Marquez is still scary. Anyone who is not afraid of it is simply crazy. But we have a pilot who, if he gets rid of certain things, can make the difference like Marc ».
Dall'Igna is also realistic about an environment that leaves little room for feelings: “ in life you never know what will happen. Maybe Pecco will leave…We have a two-year contract, the relationship is wonderful and in difficult times, we were able to help each other. It would be difficult, but… In life you never know ". So, he prepares for the future with this new declared target: “ Izan Guevara is another driver who can make a difference, because he did incredible things ". Moto3 World Champion in 2022, the young Guevara will make his Moto2 debut next year. And in 2024, many contracts will have to be renegotiated.
