Two numbers stand out for Ducati Corse common supervisor Gigi Dall’Igna in the course of the manufacturing unit’s record-breaking 2024 MotoGP marketing campaign.
However it’s not the 19 out of 20 GP wins, or that Ducati received its third MotoGP title in a row, sweeping the highest 4 positions within the riders’ standings.
“Now we have achieved one thing actually particular and unbelievable. I battle to learn and consider the numbers we now have achieved,” Motorsport.com quotes Dall’Igna as saying at its Campioni in Festa occasion in Bologna.
“I want to point out two.
“The ‘14’, that are the instances wherein Ducati monopolised the rostrum. I bear in mind the emotion after we swept your complete prime 3 for the primary time below my administration (Valencia 2021), doing it 14 instances out of 20 races actually demonstrates our energy.
“The opposite quantity that I’m notably happy to recollect is [all] ‘8’ Ducati riders ending forward of everybody else within the Dash in Thailand.
“Which means that all our bikes beat the competitors. It’s an unbelievable quantity and I can solely thank as soon as once more everybody who contributed to this mission, from the individuals at residence, to the groups and riders who helped us obtain these outcomes.”
The one smudge within the manufacturing unit workforce’s season was that reigning double champion Francesco Bagnaia was crushed to the crown by Pramac’s Jorge Martin, who’s leaving for Aprilia subsequent season.
Dall’Igna stated it highlighted Ducati’s sporting values: “Ducati this yr has proven all of the sportsmanship of the model, letting the riders struggle for the championship with out workforce video games, assist or making an attempt to penalise their groups, clients and riders.”
Marc Marquez, a three-time Grand Prix winner for Gresini this yr, will be part of Bagnaia on the Ducati Lenovo squad in 2025.
“While you see a champion using your bike it is all the time a powerful emotion,” Dall’Igna stated of eight-time world champion Marquez’s first take a look at in pink at Barcelona final month.
“They [Bagnaia and Marquez] are each nice champions and that is the factor they’re most related on. They each have loads of expertise. They’re each very decided, however however, that is the spirit of the champion.
“From the standpoint of distinction, in all probability one is a little more of a braker and the opposite goes a bit extra in the midst of the curve, however in any case, they’re two riders who know what it takes to win a world championship”.
