MotoGP | Campinoti: “Marquez doesn’t want Pramac? His problem, not ours”

Ducati wanted to keep rider market rumors away from the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix weekend, but the dispute between Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez to become Pecco Bagnaia’s teammate from next season exploded like a real bomb in the Mugello paddock.

First, an indiscretion from the Gazzetta dello Sport emerged according to which the Borgo Panigale manufacturer has decided to focus on the current leader of the world championship ranking, which gave rise to hypotheses linked to a possible landing of Marc Marquez in the Prima Pramac Racing garage , where he could count on a Desmosedici GP25 identical to those of Pecco and “Martinator”.

Then, this idea was sent back to the sender, and rather abruptly, by the eight-time world champion, who as soon as he arrived in the paddock of the Tuscan track, told DAZN’s microphones: “Pramac is a good team, but Pramac is not a “option for me. I want the latest version of the bike and, if possible, with an official team. If you have the official bike you have more benefits, and if you do it with an official team, it’s even easier.” .

After the press conference that opened the weekend, he then tried to further argue his position, which seems to say either Red or nothing: “I won’t move from one satellite team to another. Last year I left Honda to go from Gresini and I’m feeling good here, a very delicate situation in my career, but now I’m competitive and I’m having fun.”

Words that Paolo Campinoti, CEO of the Italian structure, does not seem to have digested particularly well, given that his reply to the microphones of Sky Sport MotoGP was rather harsh: “He’s the one who called himself out, fortunately we have the rider who is at the top of the World Championship. Last year we came second in the last race and won the World team classification. It’s his problem, not ours.”

Then he took things further: “He said he wanted to be in a winning team, I think we have proven to be one. The B and C options he has don’t seem to me to have won many world championships in recent years so it’s his choice, not my”.

Finally, he reiterated his pride in the great achievements of his team in recent times, not without reserving another jab for the eight-time world champion.

“I believe that the team has demonstrated in recent years, and I’m not speaking for myself because I come here more as a spectator than as an actor, that it is a top team. Honestly, the attention we are receiving both from various manufacturers and from many drivers who want to come with us they are the confirmation of this. If someone doesn’t come willingly, it’s their problem, not ours. We’ve been without Marquez for 22 years, I think we can stay there again next year”, he concluded.