The incident was furtive and from turn 2 shortly after the start of the Italian Grand Prix. We saw a Marc Márquez in great delicacy with a Honda launched at high speed clearing the way in the leading peloton by constraining, in particular, Danilo Petrucci to turn offshore. Then third, the one who is promised as Dovizioso's future teammate joined the track ninth and was forced, at that moment, to whip to get back up. A racing fact that the official Ducati staff does not accept…
Because Petrux had to use his tires to get back to the front, which cost him his end of the race. And as he is undoubtedly a future driver in the factory team, the latter stands united behind his driver. The boss of the brand himself launched his attacks against Marc Márquez. And the latter is now suffering the wrath of the sports director Paolo Ciabatti : " Marc is a driver with immense talent, but he has already shown on several occasions, notably in Argentina, that he does not really consider his colleagues on the track ».
He pursues : " he has the ability to get out of incredible situations that would bring down all other pilots. He also dives on the inside of the corners while the drivers are already going into them, and that's not good. I think he should show a little more respect and he should not behave like he did with Petrucci. He ruined his race ».
With that, he ends by having a thought for the officials: “ concern is also the evaluation made on certain behaviors whose value depends on who is being blamed. If for example, in Italy, it had been Rossi instead of Petrucci, then Márquez would have been under investigation. In this case, nothing happened. And that leaves us perplexed, to say the least. ". To be clear, according to Ducati, there would be double standards.
