Paolo Ciabatti, Ducati's sporting director, therefore knows what to expect about the innovation of his engineers bringing the trim correction function to the front of his bike. One ingenuity too many for the five manufacturers who have already been exhausted since 2016 having to follow the technical path of the men of Borgo Panigale who are tackling the question of the technical evolution of a motorcycle by going off the beaten track. As everything Ducati does is regulatory, to stop the brand, we will change the regulations to remove this evolution from the landscape in 2023. Sports director Paolo Ciabatti is bitter and he says it.
Paolo ciabatti opened with the latest events that enhance the lives of manufacturers in the MotoGP paddock. An existence that is not easy for the Borgo Panigale firm which discovered that it had no friends. She had no illusions on the subject, but since Thursday in Losail, this was made official with this demand from the other five coats of arms to remove the front level corrector of the motorcycle from the landscape.
Paolo ciabatti commented on moto.it : " other manufacturers would like to ban it from 2023. It's a story that's been repeating itself for too long, starting with the spoilers in 2016, through the rear spoiler in 2019, to the lowering device ". A list that builds this resentment: “ we think it's not right to try to ban a system just because one manufacturer got ahead of the others. I think this is deplorable behavior. Nobody says our system is irregular, they ask that the regulations be rewritten in the near future ».
Paolo Ciabatti: “we are five to one, they are trying to block us with spurious reasons”
« We remained within the regulations » rightly reminds the sports director. “ Sorry to see that the reaction of other manufacturers to another Ducati innovation is to try to change the regulations to ban it. We are five to one, a ban has been requested from 2023. We will see what the GP commission decides in the coming days. They try to block us with false reasons ».
He ends with the debate also open on the eight Ducati on the track : " I understand that this may be a situation that other manufacturers don't like. If I were the sporting director of another manufacturer, I would try to do what Ducati does, with very competitive customer bikes and a winning support package like us. It is clear that in the ideal world the perfect solution would be four motorcycles for each manufacturer, but this is the situation ". And it’s also the atmosphere.
