It's a little music that began to be heard in MotoGP and which has become a refrain in all the paddocks since it was also used in WSBK. She wants to persuade us that we are perhaps on the verge of a scandal. This season, in fact, could be historically the best for a Ducati factory which has all the assets in hand to win the MotoGP and WSBK rider titles in a single year. Such a position should highlight excellent work which teaches a lesson to a competition which will have to raise its level of play if it does not want to experience lasting defeat. But instead, we criticize the fact that Ducatis are fast. A real state affair, indeed, as it is true that in motorcycle sport, you generally have to have a slower machine to attract honors. But who are we kidding and who benefits from this deception?
Is it a sign of a sad time to see Ducati doomed to vilification because they worked better than the others, technically and politically? Whether it is the Desmosedici or the Panigale V4R, the observers nestled in the box opposing the Italians, who have certain relays in the media – when they do not combine functions – cry scandal upon seeing so much MotoGP that in WSBK, a Ducati swallow a competing motorcycle in a straight line.
The question they should ask themselves is how they got to the point where they got into trouble and went to seek the right answers from their engineers to re-mobilize. But instead, we point the finger, we stigmatize, forgetting, in passing, to specify that the transalpine machine thus reviled respects the regulations in every respect.
Ducati embarrasses those who thought certain values were forever established
In Grand Prix, when it is not the developments of the Desmosedici which are criticized with staggering bad faith, it is their number. So what ? Ducati never threatened anyone to take their motorcycles. If there are eight on the MotoGP starting grid, it is because Ducati has filled the demand, except for the void left once again by competitors who are comatose on their laurels.
Ducati invested, Ducati worked and organized to get there. Respecting all regulations. But we must recognize that the shock is harsh for a generation which grew up in the world of motorcycling lulled by the certainties of the land of the rising sun. Which now knows its twilight through its inertia alone. So yes, the revelation for many seems to be that the best wins. And having a fast motorcycle helps to make things happen. Incredible right?
