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

Be👍zzecchi, who rebou🧸nded with a podium finish during the Austrian MotoGP after being taken out in the sprint, is expected to remain at Mooney VR46 next season.
That wou🅺ld 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 contractua♏l obligations.
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Speakin𓃲g 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 offer has its limits.&nbs🤪p;
"We have agreements and the factory bikes are in 👍the Pramac team, we couldn’t do anything about this."
Following two DNF’s one of which was his mi💮stake at Silverstone and the other being down to a turn one collision in the sprint in Austria, Bezzecchi’s title hopes needed a🐬 big boost during Sunday’s race.
Starting seventh, Bezzecchi managed to make light work of the riders around him before passing Alex Marquez for P3, with just a few laps remainingꦇ.
"After the sprint where there was this big chaos in the beg🦂inning I c🥃ouldn’t show my potential unfortunately," added Bezzecchi.
"So in the race I was very charged up to bounce back and show my potential. 𒁃It was not easy from seventh position because in the qualifyi♛ng I was maybe a bit too nervous and tried a bit too much.
"I made so many mistakes in my best lap. I started in th🌃e back but did the same strategy as the sprint. I was pushed wide by Maverick again, but fortunately without any touch.
"It was not his fault beca♔use hဣe was already in the middle of the group."