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In this period of contract negotiations for the 2017 season, initiated by Jorge Lorenzo's initial desire to sign his before the Qatar Grand Prix, things seemed more or less clear until now:
– Yamaha made an offer to Valentino Rossi. He accepted it.
- Bradley Smith signed with KTM.
– Tech3 could therefore keep Pol Espargaro and add Alex Rins.
– Honda seems to be moving towards a renewal of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.

- Ducati has always denied making an offer to Jorge Lorenzo and he confirmed it, while making them a call of the foot with a cryptic declaration.

In response to which could only be a bluff, it is in the same register that plays Gigi Dall'Igna, with an interview given to Gazzetta dello Sport: “I have always been clear and said that our goal is to have two fast drivers. Then the contracts will come.
Lorenzo and Marquez interest everyone. We will make a decision soon.”

And when we tell him that according to the Yamaha rider, the Ducati do not win because of their riders, the Italian engineer does not fall into the crude trap: “I am convinced I can win with Iannone and Dovizioso.”

Finally, facing Valentino Rossi's spade who declared that we needed c…. to change teams, and that as a result, Jorge Lorenzo would stay with Yamaha, the Italian engineer responds without emotion, like a true professional: “this is Valentino’s reasoning. Ducati has made significant technical and organizational progress, we are ready to do something beautiful.”

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