A Throne for Three
Words spoken to the microphones of Sky Sport MotoGP by Ducati’s general manager Gigi Dall’Igna could generate a lot of noise ahead of the Misano weekend. He spoke with the Italian TV after the Aragon race, following Marc Marquez’s victory. With an extremely balanced championship situation, currently seeing Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez, and Marco Bezzecchi packed within just 24 points, the Venetian engineer was asked for his opinion on this title race opposing Marquez against the two Aprilia riders.
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Dall’Igna, commenting on the championship situation, did not miss an obvious jab at the other red rider Francesco Bagnaia, who in 2024 lost the World Championship precisely against Martin, then racing for Pramac Racing, a customer team of Ducati. The Chivasso champion won as many as 11 GPs that year against the Spaniard’s three, but shockingly lost the title by 10 points due to too many crashes and several disappointing Sprint races.
11 Wins Are Not Enough
“In my opinion, the World Championship will be won by whoever has the most head from now until the end of the championship” – said Dall’Igna to Sky – I believe it will be important to score points and avoid mistakes, because the story of recent years shows that winning 11 races is not what matters. It’s enough to win a bit less, but you have to be more consistent and steady and, above all, make fewer ‘zeros’“.
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An impeccable summary from an arithmetic point of view that certainly must have ‘made Bagnaia’s ears ring’, who precisely from the title lost in 2024 began his downward trajectory with Ducati, which led to his professional path being separated from that of the Borgo Panigale team starting next year.
