Ducati react to “collateral damage” of choosing Marc Marquez

David💛e Tardozzi says losing Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi and Pramac is part of the game after 🧜choosing Marc Marquez.

Davide Tardozzi
Davide Tardozzi

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez joining the factory Ducati team for the 2025 MotoGP sea🌱son has directly impacted the Italian manufacturer in three big ways.

The first is Ducati has lost 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin as a result, with the Spaniard joining Aprilia.

Following Martin’s decision to leave Ducati, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi did the same as his hopes of becoming a factory ri💞der looked closed unless he moved brands.

The third big impact it created was Pramac leaving Ducati for Yamaha, as team boss Paolo Campinoti admitted that overlooking Martin for Marquez was one of the reasons they chose to join Yamaha instead of renewing their long-t𒁃erm partnership with Ducati.

Speaking ahead of the Dutch MotoGP last weekend, Tardozzi told : “The dec🌃ision was taken and it took a while to take becaus✤e having Enea, Jorge Martin and Marc with the possibility to come to us, it was a difficult decision, a really difficult decision.

“It took a few weeks📖 to decide aꦇnd finally we made the decision in Mugello.

“The factory, the CEO, Gigi Dall’Igna, Mauro Grassilli were always involved in this decision and it took a lot ไof discussion and a lot of data to see, but finally, it’🅺s Marc.”

Responding to claims that Marquez joining the factory teamꦆ has created ‘collateral damage’, Tardozzi did not agree.

“We took the decision a while ago, four years ago to have a new era with new riders and those riders have g🉐rown up,” added the Lenovo Ducati team manager.

“ꦯFinally, every one of them grew up too and we decided to take the right riders.”

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