If we look closely at the situation in the rider market, there is only one official bike left up for grabs. At Yamaha as at Suzuki, we have drawn up our plans until 2022, at Honda, we are putting in place an explosive pair with Marc Marquez who has signed until 2024 and Pol Espargaró ready to take on the challenge of his life. At KTM, we took Petrucci. As for Aprilia, we're ready to jump on Crutchlow in the event that Andrea Iannone is crucified in court. So all that remains is the red Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso who has not yet signed anything…
It was the renewal of the lease that made sense and should therefore only be a formality. And yet, at the dawn of a 2020 MotoGP season which will open this weekend in Jerez, this is the only file that still remains open: that of the future ofAndrea Dovizioso in Ducati.
The driver and the manufacturer have known each other for a long time, but it seems that they still don't understand each other. An astonishing situation that the team manager of the Pramac satellite structure did not fail to highlight, Franceso Guidotti. A relationship like “I love you neither” that time can only corrode. Precisely, between Dovi and Ducati, it’s been going on since 2013…
For the moment, the situation between the two parties is blocked. They postponed the follow-up until later in the season. Ducati remains firm on its proposals, marked by a significant reduction in salary from this year, while the pilot proclaims to anyone who will listen that a sabbatical year don't scare him. However, he already has 34 years.
“Jorge Lorenzo did not end his career in the best way”
A situation which slowly brings us back into part one Jorge Lorenzo less and less retired. Por Fuera swore he was done with his life as a driver last November at the Valencia Grand Prix. Then he signed a test pilot contract with Yamaha . He thought he would get back in the saddle with wild cards but this season was turned upside down by the pandemic which reshaped the world. Never mind: the Majorcan declared himself eligible for a return to the Red Army...
A fantasy? We don't know, but listening to a Gigi Dall'Igna known to be a fan of Jorge Lorenzo, there is at least the consideration of an opportunity… The general director of Ducati commented on the subject: “ Jorge Lorenzo did not end his career in the best way… It is not an easy operation " said Dall'Igna at Sky Sport MotoGP. “ It is difficult to analyze the situation, even if he was not able to assess it well. If he had done a wlid-card or another test, it would be less difficult for everyone to evaluate him ».
Statements which do not at all deny the desire to bring him back home Ducati. We will recall the attempt to bring back the Majorcan which failed last summer, with a Jack Miller who already had a foot in KTM as a reply… The same Australian who, today, is the only one to have a contract for 2021 at Ducati.
