Label: Davide Tardozzi

Ducati: Marc Marquez will raise our level

Ducati: Marc Marquez will raise our level

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The leading man of the Ducati MotoGP team, Davide Tardozzi believes that Marc Marquez will take Ducati to a new level. The Spaniard will ride a non-Honda motorcycle for the first time in his MotoGP career on Tuesday, and Tardozzi would almost be betting that he will set the fastest time in testing. "He will raise the level, because already tomorrow Marc will be very, very, very fast," said the Italian. "I would almost bet that at the end of the tests he will be the fastest, because he will give 300%, he will prove himself, but I believe that Jorge Martin will also be fast, who will want to show everyone that he is some kind of world champion. Pecco will work, because he will work for his bike and for us to show us how to make next season's bike even better than this year's." As is usual with transfers, Marquez will not be allowed to speak with after the tests
Ducati: Racers point to the weak point of the engine

Ducati: Racers point to the weak point of the engine

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At Ducati, they revealed that the tests in Malaysia were mostly positive for them, but before the start of the season, they have to eliminate one main weakness of the motorcycle, which both Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini point out. Although the Ducati riders set the fastest times on all three days of testing at Sepang, Ducati factory team manager Davide Tardozzi says: "We are sticking to the testing plan. Some of the innovations are good, some are not. In general, we are happy with our riders, but about the new bike we won't decide until Portimao so we still have to wait. In Sepang we spent a day and a half working on the 2023 bikes and then we went back to last year's bikes to see what the difference was. (Luca) Marini, (Marco) Bezzecchi and the racer They showed Gresini that the motorcycle was still in
Bagnaia apologized for the mistake, aiming to finish ahead of Quartararo

Bagnaia apologized for the mistake, aiming to finish ahead of Quartararo

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Francesco Bagnaia apologized to the members of the Ducati team for the fall at the end of today's race, which made the fight for the world champion title even more difficult. In the last laps, the Italian racer tried to overtake points leader Fabio Quartararo in the fight for eighth place, but the maneuver did not work out. His gap in the total thus increased by an additional 8 points and now amounts to 18 points before the last four races. "He apologized for his mistake right after the race," Ducati team boss Davide Tardozzi told reporters. "Throughout the entire race, he had problems accelerating out of the corner. The front tire was overheating, so he also had problems braking." "The main goal before the race was to finish ahead of Quartararo. At the beginning of the season, that's the goal