The analysis of the General Director of Ducati Corse
A podium altogether Ducati to return to impose himself in Barcelona, a track on which success had been missing since 2018 when Jorge Lorenzo prevailed in ‘back to back’ after the first victory in red obtained at Mugello just a few days after the irreparable fracture with Claudio Domenicali which led to the escape in Honda of the Majorcan.
At the time, Ducati was chasing a world title that ‘only’ arrived in 2022 with Francesco Bagnaia, who repeated himself last year and is chasing Jorge Martin who leads the championship with a 39 point advantage over Pecco. In 2018 Marc Marquez was still unbeatable, but now he is part of the Ducati platoon and completed the comeback podium in Barcelona behind Bagnaia and Martin, crowning yet another sensational comeback after starting from the fifth row of the starting grid.
The General Director of Ducati Corse Luigi Dall’Igna commented thus on Sunday in Catalonia: “If I didn’t know Pecco’s enormous value I would say that he still amazes me. In reality he is always able to add something more to his talent, in the different aspects of him. In Barcelona he triumphed with all his character and perfect preparation for the race. We saw the psychological strength that distinguishes the Champions: the exaltation in the most difficult moment, after the epilogue of the Sprint Race with a fall on the last lap that inevitably left its mark, rediscovering the right determination for a challenge that in At the same time, and for several reasons, it appeared very delicate. With courage and a granitic awareness he led and managed the race in a superb way: he knew exactly what to do and when, he read the race that he had already written, he interpreted it perfectly, letting it come out exactly as he had intended. Above all he didn’t make the mistake of staying ahead at all costs but he was able to calibrate tire wear by sipping it until the end of the race. Another masterstroke, one of his finest. An authentic masterpiece, his first statement in Montmeló where the Ducati victory had been missing since 2018. Second is a Martin who is always fighting and generous with an immense heart, a champion who today was able to do nothing to counter the domineering and unstoppable return of Pecco, after having already spent precious resources and energy in the fight at the top. Yet another exciting comeback by an amazing Marquez, already a stable protagonist, is rewarded with his third consecutive Sunday podium which thus completes a special order of arrival for our bike.”
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