MotoGP, Paolo Ciabatti, Ducati: “Marc Márquez is a rider who changes the history of MotoGP. At Mugello we will have new products »

The Ducati factory recognizes it, it is not where it would have liked to be at this stage of the MotoGP championship. The course is certainly not bad and it takes place in the best possible atmosphere that was hoped for. But, ahead, Marc Márquez continues to impose its law on a Honda which has evolved so well. The GP19 may be progress, but it is not decisive and the step forward of the RC213V has complicated things. We will therefore have to react and this reaction is coming. At Mugello, there will be new things. And on the pilot side, we are working on the case Máask...

After a French Grand Prix where three Desmosedici in a close row received the lesson from a Marc Márquez in osmosis with an efficient Honda, Ducati prepares the counter-attack to avoid such domination in front of its Mugello crowd. Paolo ciabatti announces: “ Ducati has always brought many new things to the Italian Grand Prix, some more visible and others less. There are areas, such as the engine, where you cannot intervene due to regulations, but there are many other aspects we can work on ».

« At Mugello we will have innovations, but it will be a surprise » reveals the sports boss of Borgo Panigale. “ We will try to put the drivers in the best conditions on a circuit where we have won the last two editions and where everyone expects a lot from us. The championship will certainly not be decided at Mugello, but I will not deny that this race has a special meaning for us ».

On the current balance of power, he specifies: “ I think compared to last year, some of our advantages are less obvious. Honda said their engine was working great and they were a step ahead. We are no longer alone in this area ».

Progress which has its impact on the course of the championship… “ Coming back to Le Mans, I was honestly more concerned about fourth place in the last two races than Dovi's second in France. Three circuits like Mugello, Barcelona and Assen are coming where we can have our say. We are aware that we and the riders have to do more, because we are dealing with Marquez and Honda, who developed a motorcycle based on its characteristics ».

Exactly, about this devil Márquez, we must also take care of him and try to seduce him for a possible future: “ Marc is a rider who changes the history of MotoGP. Just think that without him, Honda would not have won anything. Since 2013, none of his teammates have followed him to the championship. There are only Ducati or Yamaha riders. This is who we are dealing with »Insists Ciabatta sir GP One.