After the event – experienced in every sense of the word within the Ducati box – of the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano, where victory was decided by 34 thousandths between two riders of the brand in front of its boss, the one who presides to the destiny of the competition department of the coat of arms spoke before going to Aragon. Gigi Dall'Igna is the one and he recalled the currently dominant position of his troops in MotoGP, to better signal that it would be a shame if it did not materialize with a title among the pilots. And for this objective, the Italian wants to make it clear that there is only one name: Pecco Bagnaia.
Claudio Domenicali had expressed his emotion at the finish of the fourteenth round of the MotoGP season in Misano marked by a double from his riders, at the end of a fratricidal duel. Of the two events, the big boss of the brand had especially remembered the second to regret it more. What followed was an internal debate between supporters of the team instructions and their opponents, even leading to a surgical study of the data from this race, leading to astonishing Ducati apologizes to Enea Bastinanini. The latter had given cold sweats to Sundays, and he will be the next teammate of bagnaia on a red motorcycle in 2023…
This weekend is Aragon which presents itself as a deadline. And Ducati arrives there in force. His latest statistics put his opponents on the ropes: for 20 Grands Prix, there has always been at least one machine from Borgo Panigale on the podium. In 2022, there are already nine victories, out of the 14 races contested so far, with two different drivers and, since, four meetings, no one has managed to beat the Desmosedici.
Ducati: “ Bagnaia is destined to write motorcycling history »
« Within Ducati Corse, we are very satisfied and also proud of the work accomplished in recent years: we hope that it will help us to bring back our objective, namely the drivers' title, if not this season, then at least in the next »Comments Gigi Dall'Igna looking at this assessment. And he adds: “ the goal has always been to build a motorcycle suitable for different riding styles and different tracks ».
After his general considerations, he comes to the particular situation of a Pecco Bagnaia among seven others Ducati efficient and well managed. A situation that was difficult to endure in Misano: “ we suffered in the box » confesses Dall'Igna. “ Before the race, we told the drivers that it was important for us to win the drivers' world title, and that it is essential for us to do everything to ensure that this goal is achieved ". And he specifies Moto.it : " we legitimately asked them to keep an eye on Pecco ».
I have to say that bagnaia is the first pilot in history Ducati to have achieved this four times in a row on a red motorcycle. Incidentally, he has also dominated 50% of the last 20 races. So much data which convinces the man from Ducati Corse of this: “ Bagnaia is destined to write motorcycling history ". But do the other drivers of the brand hear it that way?
