“The objective is accelerate development of the motorcycle, which continues to be the priority, in our search for back to the winning days“This is how he summed up Lin Jarvisof Yamahathe new agreement with Prima Pramacfor which the Italian team leaves Ducati and goes with them. They will have motorcycles identical to the factory set.
Nobody doubts that this will be the case, that with four machines will improve“It’s a very important thing,” he said. Quartararo“It’s very good news, of course. Two more Factory bikes on the track is a lot more information, more improvement. It could be very beneficial for Yamahato evolve. I don’t know if it will weaken Ducati or not. Of course, we will get a little closerbut we have a long way to go,” he explained to MARCA Alex Rinswhich is close to renewal.
Best for MotoGP
What everyone sees evident is that this alters the game: Yamaha should be stronger and Ducati less. “It’s going to be important, because all the brands had four bikes and having eight is double, whether you want it or not. It will be important for everyone. Everyone agrees. It was also a little strange that Yamaha only had two bikes . It is a step, as a championship, correct“, he summarized Pedro Acostaof KTM.
In Aprilia They see it similar, although Maverick Vinales I took it personally and my future is with the Austrians. “Two fewer Ducatis are better. For MotoGP, I don’t know, but for me, yes. “You have to fight with two less,” he let out between laughs.
The Honda Gap
In Honda, Joan Mir He sees it as an opportunity to shorten the gap. “That will be positive because the fact of having More bikes make them progress much faster and have a clearer idea of what direction they are going in. To take the next step, they will improve, because they have a lot of information about everything, many riders with different bike configurations. If they take away two bikes, it won’t hurt him much, but a little… it only benefits us“, he said.
Martinator’s defense
Jorge Martin, who comes from the transalpine squad, praised his courage. “Ducati’s triumph is that with so many bikes on the track it has a lot of information. Right now, I think Pramac was the reference in terms of data for them and obviously that is something they lose,” said.
Campinoti points to Marc Márquez
The owner of Prima Pramac, Paolo Campinotislipped that one of the reasons for leaving was the fact that Marc Márquez go to the official Ducati, instead of Martinator. “When you sign Cristiano Ronaldo, it has consequences,” he proclaimed in gpone. He says that she was upset to see how they celebrated Bastianini’s passing of Martin on the last lap at Mugello. Also there is an economic issuebecause they will save a lot and close “seven years of contract.”
Marc defends himself
The eight-time champion defended himself and admitted that, as a ‘Ducatist’, this upsets him. “Point number one: I don’t feel guilty about Pramac’s departure, because, in the end, I haven’t done anything either. It is true that as a Ducati rider, I would have preferred that Pramac had continued with Ducati with two Ducati, because there are more Ducati on the track and it is an important team within Ducati. As a MotoGP fan, I think this is good news. It’s like that. On the one hand, Selfishly speaking, I prefer two more Ducatis on track for more information; as a fan, it was the normal step:one of the Ducati teams that went with Yamaha because for the championship having four Yamahas again, a Japanese brand, two less Ducati on the track, is less of a single brand and opens the option to different manufacturers, riders, sponsors…”, he explained.
Bagnaia sees a “different” future
Your future companion, Pecco Bagnaiadid not mean that things will get worse. “I don’t know who will be the top team between Gresini and VR46. I hope it will be VR46, but it will be a little different. We will have two less motorcycles. Less work for all Ducati engineers,” he tried to joke.
But the ‘1’ does see that Ducati has given in a lot with the moves. “I’m not the one who has made the decisions. Surely, the decisions that have been made have a reason. We had four pilots and three are gone, that’s a loss because they are three very strong pilots, who go to other factories. But I don’t know if it’s relative to the fact that Marc is there or not. Maybe Martín’s thing is the only thing related to Marc being there“, he said.
