Will Johann Zarco be the victim of Ducati's desperation to keep Marco Bezzecchi?
Bezzecchi’s demand for a 2024-spec Desmosedici next s🐟eason can be met by Ducati if he stays with VR46, but moving him to Pramac Racing remains an option.
This is because of Mooney VR46’s potenti﷽al plan to swap Ducati for Yamaha in 2025, complicating Bezzecchi’s status.
“Certainly, we are finding the best solution for Marco, for the teams we support and for the relative technical condition,” Ducati sport⛄ing director Paolo Ciabatti told .
“I state and confirm how much Bezzecchi interests the company, in fact, the theoretical proposal ওwould be a two-year agreement.
“Marco would like to stay within the VR46 team, pursuin♉g a sensible path from a competitive and professional poin𒁏t of view.
“At the same time, we ha🐲ve on our side the need to u🌟nderstand how to distribute the [bikes].”
Ducati’s factory duo 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini, plus Pramac pair 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco, currently use up-to-date machinery.
Next season, the up𒀰dated-spec bike could be given🥂 to Bezzecchi, instead of Zarco.
“There will be four GP24s, the others will race fr𒁏om the previous year's version,” Ciabatti said.
“The objective of directly acquiring Bezzecchi is real, in progress, however we must establish, together wജith Marco's management, whether the equipment will be guaranteed [with the] VR46 structure or through the Pramac team.
“It would♍ seem like a silly matter, it's not at 💦all."
The issue is that Ducati want to reward Bezzecchi for his breakthrough season by giv♚ing him a two-year contract with the promise of an official bike, but after one year the🍌 Mooney VR46 team might leave for Yamaha.
“I don't hide and we don't hide what I have already read and learned," Ciabatt🐻i said about the VR46-Yamaha reports.
"The negotiation💫s between Valentino Rossi's team and Yamaha are the result of reliable rumours.&nbsꦏp;
“So, precisely: if Bezzecchi wishes to stay there in 2024, what happens if in 2025 the team switches from Desmosedici to M1?ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ
“Otherwise, if Marco were included in the Pramac team, we at Duc🐼ati would be more calm.”
Bezzecchi won his first grand p🔜rix in the premier class this season in Argentina and remains a MotoGP ꧂title contender heading into this weekend’s British MotoGP at Silverstone.
His win was also th🅷e first for Rossi’s Mooney VR46𒁃 team in the premier class.
Will Ducati lose Zarco if they reward Bezzecchi?
Ducati💎’s desire to hang onto Bezzecchi will create an awkward situation for Zarco🅠, the Pramac rider.
"The situations of Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco need to be examined🐲,” Ciabatti said.
“The Spaniard, already 🐽a winner and back in super shape, remains in his place. We are re🅷ally happy to see him at the top, considering the several sufferings he experienced in the recent period.
“Now we have the rider w✅e know, and the results explain it exh🍃austively.
“As for the Frenchman, I admit that we would like to keep him, as he 🅷is fas﷽t, good at testing and experienced.
“It is also true♎ how he is no longer very young, since he is a few years older than his peers.”
Could Zarco leave Ducati?
“I sincerely hope not, we are working to have him still with us, although he has been sought 🧸out by different manufacturers and by teams outside ours.
“The current🌸 and future point regꦑarding Johann is linked to another interesting rider: Marco Bezzecchi.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Am🅺erican sports, to football, to F1.
