Ducati boss identifies the key attribute which will decide MotoGP championship

With four rounds and eight races remaining of the 2023 MotoGP season, riders and team managers expect the battle to go down to its final day in Valencia.
Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi, Thailand MotoGP 26 October
Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi, Thailand MotoGP 26 October

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia is top of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings, 27 points ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin and 73 points ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi.

All three have shone - and have made mistakes - at various points this season but the decisive attribute which will decidꦰe the championship has been identified by Davide Tardozzi.

The factory Ducati team manager said: “Pe🔜cco did a fantastic job this year but obviously it’s not enough, because Jorge is there. Marco still has the possibility to win the championship.

“It will be very important to maintain a ‘brain’ attitude. The mental attitude will be the key point until the end of the championshi🅰p.”

Last year 🔯Bagnaia was trailing Fabio Quartararo until 🤪the final round, where he pinched a historic title, Ducati’s first in 15 years.

“He was in a different position last year,♍ behind Fabio,” said Tardozzi. “It helps to have the experience of last year. 

“He proved that by managing the past two races, he wa꧙s in trouble on Friday and Saturday but performed very well on Sunday.

“It’s true that he🎃’s made some misཧtakes. He knows why. He made four, because one was not his fault, in France. 

“He has mo🌜re consideration of himself, he trusts himself and his ❀capability. 

“His relationship wit🐬h his race engineer is close, it’s a key point on what he shows from Saturday to Sunday. 

“He proved that he can change mentality and attitude and speed from on🥂e day to the other, and that’s something🍷 that only belongs to champions.”

Tardozzi agreed with Bagnaia’s claim that Martin benefits from an 🌞equal-spec bike but less pressure because it’s not an official machine: “It’s something well known, that when you’re in the factory seat, your only goal is to win 💃the championship. 

“I thi🤡nk Jorge is fast, he has a direﷺct contract with Ducati. 

“It’s true that he has less pressureꦅ but it’s not his attitude to be second. It’s true what Pecco said, tha꧂t in the factory team there is more pressure. But he’s able to handle it.”

Tardozzi warned that the battle will go until the last day: “Yes, it w𒈔ill be decided in Val🍒encia. The three guys are very fast."

Martin 'has something more for fighting'

Jorge
Jorge

Pramac team manager Gino Borsoi said: “We🎉 are ready for fighting. 

“We need to improve small things which can he🏅lp us. The rider is there, th💯e bike is there, we receive help from Ducati.”

He reacted to the incorrect tyre decision which cost Martin in Australia: 🌺“I cannot say it was a wrong decision. It was our decision. 

“The decision was the soft tyre to make a gap and go away from the group. When you’re fighting for the race and you’re in the group, sometimes you lose your chance. It was unlucky, we lost the race with eꦓigh༺t corners to go.”

Borsoi claimed th𒐪at Martin is motivated by being overlooked last year for a fa💎ctory Ducati seat.

“For su🃏re,” he said. “Now he has something more for fighting. He’s not on the factory team but he has an incredible team.&nbs🅺p;

“We don’t miss anything. The motivation is t🌠here, even more than last season. We want to show 🎃that the rider is fast and the team is good enough.”

Pablo Nieto, VR46 team manage💎r, knows Bezzecc🦩hi is an outsider for the title: “You never know. There’s still eight races, we have to fight. Then we will see.

“We’re fighting agains𝓀t two factory teams. This 🌠is important for us.

“Our first year in MotoGP, we ཧwon rookie of the year with Marco. We had a podium and a pole position.

“It’s hard to fight fact🗹ory bikes and teams. But we’re not missing anything. We have a gooꦺd bike. We are improving a lot.”

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