MotoGP Austria: Ducati admit Marco Bezzecchi ‘deserves factory bike’ but their hands are tied

Bezzecchi, who rebounded with a podium finish during the Austrian MotoGP after being taken out i🍰n the sprint, is expected to remain at Mooney VR46 next season.
That would mean Bezzecchi remains aboard a year-old spec Ducati, as opposed to jumping aboard the Italian manufacturer’s latest machine which will go the way of their two factory and Pramac riders due to contractual obligations.&nb♋sp;
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Speaking to , Gigi Dall’Igna said: "There really isn’t much room for manoeuvre in this sense. For us, Marco deserves a factory bike because he has shown that he has the talent and ability, however, our o🎉ffer has its limits.
"We have agreements and the factory bi🌟kes are in the Pramac team, we couldn’t do anything aℱbout this."
Following two DNF’s one of which was his mistake at Silverstone and the other being down to a turn one collision in the sprint in Austria, Bezzecchi’s title hopesཧ needed a big boost during Sunday’s race.
Starting seventh, Bezzecchi managed to make ඣlight work of the riders around him before passing Alex Marquez for P3, with just a f♐ew laps remaining.
"Afꦯter the sprint where there was this big chaos in the beginning I couldn’t show my poteꦕntial unfortunately," added Bezzecchi.
"So in the race I was💖 very charged up to bounce back and show my potential. It was not easy from seventh position because in the qualifying I was maybe a bit too nervous and tried a bit too much.
"I mﷺade so many mistakes in my best lap. I started in the back but did the same strateꦫgy as the sprint. I was pushed wide by Maverick again, but fortunately without any touch.
"It was not his fault because he was 🔜already in the middle of t♉he group."