Ducati’s Gigi Dall’Igna reminded “sponsors play a part” in crunch rider decision
“But if you look at history or a🐼 marketing point of view..."
The value of sponsorships must also be conside🍬red by Gigi Dall’Igna when he selects Ducati’s 2025 riders, he has been told.
The Ducati boss is faced with a crucial decision which the entire 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 MotoGP rider line-up hinges on.
Current incumbent 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini, Pramac’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin and Gresini’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez are in t🅠he mix for the ‘25 factory Ducati seat alongside Francescoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Bagnaia.
“Sponsors play a part, as well,” broad🐎caster Simon Crafar said from the Le Mans paddock for this weekend’s French MotoGP.
Tꦇhe finances involved with including Marquez in the Ducati team will surely tempt 🤡the Italian manufacturer.
Dall’Igna dropped a major ♏hint in✤ Le Mans about how he will make his decision.
“We must not only consider the🧜 2024 races,” he said. “We have to consider all the history of our rider🎐s.”
That was interpreted by some as an indication t🍰hat Marquez - whose history is as an eight♌-time world champion - would get the nod.
Jack Ap𒊎pleyওard analysed: “My first instinct was: Marquez is going to be Bagnaia’s teammate.”
Crafar replied: “I read exactly the same. 🍌But maybe he didn’t mean it…
“But there was only one thi💖ng to read into that. Marc has all the history.
“Maybe he is looking at the laღs🦩t years. Is that what he meant? We could be reading it wrong. But I read it the same as you…”
Daﷺll’Igna vowed to decide by Mugello, at the end of May, to give the overlooked two riders a fair chance to find another bike.
“They are so sought-after. The✃y are hi꧅s choices,” Crafar said about Bastianini, Martin and Marquez.
“They are contenders for the sec🦹ond factory Ducati seat for a reason - they are great ri𓃲ders.
“Other manufacturers will be looking at them.
“If you’re l🧸ooking at it purely on performance, right now, which is what we were doing until Gigi said that, you have to look at all three.
“But if you ꦅlook at history or a marketing point of view? Marc is the choice. He gets all the headlines.”
James wa🅰s a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythi𓆉ng from American sports, to football, to F1.
