Little by little, MotoGP is taking up residence on a track of Sepang which opens the first tests for this year. The leaders are already at work and these are the pilots hired to do the tests. At Ducati, this important responsibility falls to Pirro. And it is sensitive enough that Gigi Dall'Igna is already by his side. He took the opportunity to draw up the red roadmap for this 2019 season where the watchword is to win now...
A whole program, a big ambition and a big pressure. With a method that the man from Ducati Corse expresses to Paolo Ianieri for the Sports Gazette : " we decided to adopt a completely different strategy. It's about presenting ourselves with one top driver, and everyone working for him ».
A clear vision that seems to condemn the teammate Danilo Petrucci to stay in the shadows. But that’s not Gigi’s opinion: “ I see nothing wrong in telling a driver who has never won a race that his first objective will be precisely to break the ice. We are not diminishing him, partly because, if he were to start winning everything, you are certain that we will put Danilo in a position to continue to do so ».
Dovizioso will therefore carry the entire destiny of the Ducati manufacturer in MotoGP on his shoulders alone... Quite a load! “ Andrea has grown up a lot and the pressure for him is no longer a problem »Assures Dall'Igna which adds. “ But it's not just him. It's all the work of the team, the drivers, the engineers. Everything must go in the same direction ».
He ends with the case of Honda, the Reds’ first rival: “ The bike I fear the most is the Honda. And Marquez is the driver to fear. Jorge? I know him well, he is not a great driver but a champion, as he says. We have to see how it will fit on the bike. However, despite the injuries suffered to his scaphoid, I am convinced that he will show himself at the forefront faster than he was able to do with us ».
