If the objective of a title so much hoped for since that of 2007 with Casey Stoner has moved away after nine Grand Prix contested this year, the target is not yet mathematically out of reach. This is the situation for Ducati at the time of a summer break which serves as a mid-season assessment. The manager of the Reds, Davide Tardozzi, worked to take stock of the situation without indulgence but not without hope of a rebound…
The European campaign of the MotoGP calendar has so far not gone the way Ducati had hoped. The worst will undoubtedly have been the last two meetings at Assen and the Sachsenring where the Desmosedici admitted their helplessness in the face of Marc Márquez and his Honda. The gaps at the finish line were not worthy of title contenders. Worse, competition from Yamaha and Suzuki, throughAlex Rins, showed itself to be better able to upset the RC213V rider who no longer identifies the red motorcycles as his direct opponents.
It is obvious that the Ducati team manager, Davide Tardozzi, do not deny: “ our adversaries have won in areas that constitute our strength, but we have failed to eliminate our weaknesses ". He even endorses the evaluation of Marc Márquez on the new balance of power: “ he's not wrong and I wouldn't underestimate Álex Rins on the Suzuki either » confirms Davide Tardozzi in an interview with GPOne.com. “ He just looked over his shoulder to see who was driving behind him. ».
The manager of the red tunics adds: “ the gap at the top was clear in Assen and Sachsenring, but in Assen we were happy until Saturday and confident that we could fight for a podium. But then the temperatures posed a problem ».
« We now need to analyze what exactly happened, looking ahead to the next three races at Brno, Spielberg and Silverstone. On these tracks we will see what we have in us » declared the Italian who, nevertheless, is not worried: “ we clearly have work ahead of us, but Gigi Dall'Igna is already working, he knows the problems and is working to solve them. Of course, it's not easy, otherwise we would have done it already. But we're not worried ».
