Ducati GP23 vow hints at boost for Marc Marquez in MotoGP title race

💞Ducati will keep improving the GP23 however it can despite GP24 jump

Marc Marquez, Gresini Ducati, MotoGP 2024
Marc Marquez, Gresini Ducati, MotoGP 2024
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Ducati’s general manager Gigi Dall’Igna says “what can be improved on t🌼he GP23, we will do it” for the rest of the 2024 MotoGP season.

This comment comes after a British Grand Prix weeken🌱d in which the step forward in performance Ducati has made with its 2024 challenger was🃏 at its most evident.

In both races at Silverstone,🔯 the top three spots were locked out by GP24s, with Enea Bast𝓰ianini leading the way.

Unlike at❀ this stage of the 2023 season, in which a year-old Ducati had won twice, no 2023-spec Desmosedici has breached the topও step of the podium in either a sprint or a grand prix so far.

Marc Marquez, who was fourth in the British GP and is now 62 points off the championship lead, noted that the GP24 of his title ꦡrivals was now showing clear gains compared to the GP23 at certain tracks now.

Speaking to Sky Italy following the British GP, Dall’Igna praised the efforts of his team in how it has impꦓroved its 2024 bike but has vowed to keep boosting the GP23 until the end of the campa൲ign.

“As always, we try to work on the problems, an𒁃d I think we have done a good job,” he said.

“We have definitely improved the GP24 in the aspects in which the GP23 was a ♐little weaker.

“It has been noticed here [in Silverstone], but also on other circuits. I have to say that the guys at the factory have 💟done a really good job.

“As always, e🎀verything comes from understanding certain mechanisms and certain problems.

“When yo🎐u un𝄹derstand certain things, then it is easier to apply the solutions.

“So what ca⛄n be improved on the ඣGP23, we will do it, and we will continue to do it for the rest of the year.”

Gigi Dall'Igna, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February
Gigi Dall'Igna, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February

For the most📖 part, Marquez has been accepting of his te✨chnical situation since joining Ducati but has managed nine podiums across sprints and grands prix in 2024 in the first 10 rounds.

However, he did note at Silverstone that even when he is able to get the set-up on his bike riꦅght to fight at the front he is doing so on the limit.

While there likely won’t be any ꧟major gains to be had on the GP23 compared to the GP24 as the rest of the season unfolds, Dall’Igna’s comments come at an interesting point in the title battle.

Leading the way is Pramac’s Jorge Martin, while a double win for Enea Bastꦑianini has moved him a🔥head of Marquez in the standings to third and just 49 points off first.

Both Martin and Bastianini are leavin﷽g Ducati at the end of the season, having both been passed over for the second factory team seat in favour of Marquez.

From the moment Martin signed for Aprilia it has been seen as inconceivable that Ducati would continue to throw its full suppoౠrt behind him and Pramac and let him take the #1 plate to a rival.

Now Bastianini has shown he could do the same, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Ducati’s dilemma could be helped by some of💦 its GP23 riders - like Marquez - getting improvements that could help them break up the GP24 battle at the front.

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