For a long time, the Desmosedici was the most feared bike in MotoGP as it was considered particularly difficult to handle. However, Ducati has turned the tables in recent times, thanks to a combination of factors.
The Borgo Panigale brand is now the most represented in MotoGP and in 2022 it will have eight bikes on the grid. Ducati has also established strong links with its satellite teams. In 2021 three of its six drivers managed to win – including Jorge Martín with Pramac – and five got on the podium.
This evolution fits perfectly with the progress made at Borgo Panigale to make the Desmosedici an ever more fine-tuned bike. Since returning to winning ways in 2016 after a six-year drought, the Italians have worked to correct their shortcomings, chief among them their difficulty cornering. Now, the bike is becoming more manageable and, according to the head of the program, it adapts to various riding styles, so it is not a bike for one rider.
“I don’t think the transformation was done in a year,” Gigi Dall’Igna noted in an interview with GPOne.com . “Honestly, for many years the Ducati has probably been the bike with which the most riders have won. Many riders have won with Ducati recently: Iannone, Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Petrucci, Bagnaia, Martin and Miller .”
“In the past, many others have obtained good results, such as Bautista, who has had very good races with our bike. So not only has the lightbulb lit up for us this season. In my opinion, it has been a path of growth that has brought us here, with a bike that, little by little, has always progressed in terms of adaptability to the track and the riders.The goal has always been to design a bike that is not only good for a rider, but is capable of to allow different driving styles to adapt well”, he highlighted earlier in a meeting with a group of media during the post-season test in Jerez.
“I think that some time ago we were approaching a slightly easier and more manageable motorcycle, and that was one of our goals. It is clear that it is not an easy goal, we have been reaching it little by little, approaching it step by step, but I think that in any case we have achieved it”.
Ducati has been able to take advantage of its advantages over the in-line four-cylinder bikes that have historically been preferred by newcomers to the premier class.
“The Ducati no longer frightens the riders. It is a bike that even the riders want because they believe they can do good things with it,” concludes the transalpine engineer.
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