2022 has started uphill for Ducati, whose top rider – and reigning world runner-up – Pecco Bagnaia, won just one point from the first two races. Although the Borgo Panigale brand has Enea Bastianini leading the standings, satisfaction does not reign in the factory team’s garage after the first two tests of the season, which have been far below their expectations.
After two years of absence from the calendar due to the pandemic, the Termas de Río Hondo track is ready to receive MotoGP in the third grand prix of the year. Precisely on the Argentine track, Ducati and Bagnaia are called to make a change to a season that has not started as they would have liked.
In 2019 the Desmosedici had climbed to the podium thanks to the second place of the then Ducati rider, Andrea Dovizioso, but several things have changed since that Argentine Sunday. On paper, the Termas track could still be favorable for the Ducati , which this weekend intend to change course in a season that has not started in the best way.
However, for the moment, Ducati begins the weekend with a delay in arriving in Argentina due to a breakdown in the plane that was transporting its material.
“Already after the race in Qatar and especially after the last GP held in Indonesia, my feeling with the Desmosedici GP has returned to the same as last year. Unfortunately, both in Lusail and Mandalika we were unable to show our true potential, so that I hope to finally succeed here in Argentina”, said Pecco Bagnaia on the eve of the weekend.
“Termas is a track that I like and I am determined to finally change our season this weekend,” he added.
For his part, Jack Miller has 13 points, achieved with Mandalika’s fourth position. It wasn’t an easy start for the Australian either, but Miller is looking to redeem himself at Termas de Rio Hondo. The Ducati rider also claimed the only pole position for the Borgo Panigale factory in Argentina in 2018.
“I’m happy to be back here in Argentina. In 2019 I managed to get fourth place, while in 2018 I got my first and only pole position. The start of this season was a bit unlucky even though in the first two rounds we had potential to be able to aspire to the podium, we hope to have a more linear weekend here in Argentina”, declared Jack Miller.
