The beautiful and surprising success of Enea Bastianini, with the Ducati version 2021 fielded by the Gresini team, was not enough to completely calm the difficult evening faced by the Borgo Panigale house in Lusail. On the Qatari track, historically a privileged hunting ground for the Italian manufacturer, the official Ducati team has returned home with a double zero in hand which – from the point of view of the general classification – hurts and paves the way for worrying doubts. Jack Miller was knocked out by an electronics problem while Pecco Bagnaia he struggled all weekend, ending an already compromised weekend with a bad crash in turn 1, while fighting for ninth position. In the crash, the Italian also shot down another twin bike, that of the Spaniard Jorge Martin, under the Pramac team.
After the race, however, the usually calm Bagnaia raised his voice. The Piedmontese in fact pointed the finger at his team, according to him having experimented with too many different solutions between pre-season tests and free practice, not giving him the time necessary to adapt to the new GP22 and above all to concentrate entirely on preparing for the race. . The season is obviously long, but Bagnaia is already in chase all of his most credited rivals for the title race – Marquez, Quartararo and the two Suzukis – at the end of a weekend where all these riders struggled a lot, but managed to limit the damage at the finish line. In this case, the leaders of the official Ducati team agreed with their top rider.
Davide TardozziDucati team manager, judged “unacceptable” what happened in Qatar, apologizing to Bagnaia. “What happened is not acceptable and it is something we need to think about – admitted to the site The Race the Ducatista executive – we have to understand this and make a self-criticism to try to remedy all the problems. I think we made mistakes and this cannot happen a second time ”. Asked about Bagnaia’s comments that Ducati focused too much on development testing, Tardozzi admitted: “It’s possible. We have 100% confidence in Pecco. He is a great team man and a very fast rider, so we believe that if we give him what he deserves – concentration and a bike that allows him to ride smoothly – then he will be on top in every race. It was our fault, not Pecco’s “he concluded.
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