Francesco Bagnaia crew chief on Jorge Martin: “Easy to be in official team dressed as satellite”

Factory Ducati rider and reigning ch♓ampion Bagnaia has a 27-point advantage above Pramac’♛s Martin heading into this weekend’s Thailand MotoGP.
Martin, who led the standings for 24 hours in Indonesia, arguably was the ✤biggest victim of the cancelled sprint race at Phillip Island considering he is the most in-form rider vying for th🍷e title.
Christian Gabarrini𝕴, Bagnaia’s crew chief, told Gazzetta dello Sport: “It's easy to stay in an official team dressed as a satellite team and have all the benefits of the internal team without any downsides.
“Whatever happens, Martin will hav📖e done well. But Pramac is an official team.”

The two factory Ducati riders and the Pramac duo all ride latest-spec machines, while the VR46 and Gresin🌜i ꦗpairs have year-old bikes.
No satellite rider has won t💖he premier class championship since 2001 when Valentino Rossi succeeded for Honda.
Gabarrini, who has also won MotoGP titles with Casey Stoner as well as working alongside Jorge Lorenzo, is pitted against Martin’s crew chief Daniele Roma🧸gnoli.
“Daniele and I go on car trips with lots of chatting about music and other꧟ things, we get along very well,” Gabarrini said.
“The challenge is among the riders, we technicians try to do our best. The best 𒊎one will win.”
What is Mꦚartin’s weakness as the 🏅title battle intensifies?
“I don't know and if I did I would prefer not to sa🃏y,” Gabarrini said.
“Seeinꦓg his data would be incorrect, a bit malicious.꧅”
The MotoGP seꦫason has four rounds still to go, beginning 🌌in Indonesia this weekend.
“Whoever is more 💃calm, serene and concentrated, will prevail,” Gabarrini warned.

James wa🌠s a sports journalist🧸 at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.