The Japanese Grand Prix ended prematurely due to the worsening weather conditions, which seriously complicated the safety of the riders, and in the end Jorge Martin secured another victory, beating (again) Francesco Bagnaia, in a result that earned praise from Gigi Dall’Igna, with the italian also leaving very positive words for Pramac.
The General Manager Ducati Corse at Ducati Motor Holding gave his view of the events on Linkedin, and how these were not the best conditions for the reigning world champion: ‘A GP that speaks for itself, repeatedly conditioned by the rain and halted halfway, at a moment that was decisive. We were fast and competitive, Pecco was giving of his best in conditions that he doesn’t particularly like and it would have been most interesting to see the ultimate result of a challenge that we were managing, so to speak, with a focussed race strategy’.
If on the one hand Bagnaia managed his first podium in wet conditions, the truth is that in the last few GPs the fight for the title has been completely relaunched, with Martín now just three points behind #1:
– A spirited Jorge, relentless, another perfect weekend for bike and rider, yet another pearl for a Team that is working superbly, nurturing World Championship ambitions that honour the great Ducati family. For us, nevertheless, a positive weekend during which we worked well and were turning out a good performance in general, particularly taking into consideration those wet conditions.