Ducati puzzle
“Whatever decision we make, we will be criticized”the Ducati administrator had declared Claudio Domenicali on the occasion of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and the Made in Italy F1 event in Imola. Ducati, in fact, is called next month to resolve its reservations about who will be Francesco Bagnaia’s teammate in the next two years. The duelists are Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez.
Ducati’s idea is to keep them both by promoting the Spaniard to the official team and also guaranteeing a factory bike to Marquez, who opened up this possibility at Le Mans just over two weeks ago. According to what filters from the paddock, however, the rider who will be rejected by Ducati is ready to join the team KTM, whether it’s Marquez or Martin. Ducati would thus strengthen a direct competitor on the track, which is also the direct competitor on the market.
Interviewed by the Spanish newspaper AS Claudio Domenicali revealed the timing of a decision that has not yet been made: “We haven’t decided anything yet, the driver will be communicated after Mugello by Assen (MotoGP will observe a three-week break due to the postponement of the Kazakhstan GP, ed)”. “It won’t be easy to keep them both, but it’s not impossible. The sporting aspect will always be the predominant one, but if talent is also combined with marketing value, even better”added Domenicali, words which suggest that Marquez is ahead of Martin to inherit the saddle of a Bastianini who now seems to have been discarded from the list of candidates.
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