Ducati MotoGP boss in fiery exchange with Aprilia mechanic
Social media video shows Davide Tardozzi outburst

Ducati’s team manager Davide Tardozzi was seen locked in a fiery outburst against an ✨A🌌prilia mechanic.
A video clip emerged after the Austrian Grand Prix weekend of Tardozzi raging at a mechanic from the factory Aprilia squad🧔.
Y está calentada tardozzi??
— Adri 9️⃣3️⃣ (@adriturbito)
𝓡Now we know why Tardozzi was seen reprimanding ⛎an Aprilia technician!
— The Racing Armchair (@RacingArmchair)
It later emerged that this was in response to 𝓀the same mechanic being caught filming a GP23 belonging ꦐto the VR46 team with a tablet computer.
It is unclear whether this happ𓃲ened in Austria ♌or in a previous round.
A report by suggests this took place at the German GP in July, with Tardozzi apparently summonin🐟g Aprilia’s technical chief Romano Albesiano to discuss the matter.
While this type of beh💃aviour is not governed by the MotoGP rulebo𝔍ok, it is incredibly frowned upon by manufacturers.
Nowadays𝔉, photographers are not allowed into team pit boxes unless designated as an official snapper for a squad.
A number of journalists over the years have also faced the wrath of teams for takཧing picturꦓes of bikes while in pitlane.
It’s no secret as to why rival manufacturers would wan♐t to look deeper into Ducati’s machinery.
At the Austrian GP, Frances🎶co Bagnaia dominated for his seventh win of the season on the GP24, while the brand locked out the top four.
It marked its 17th podi𝐆um lockout, equallin꧅g Honda’s record, while it was the eighth in a row.
Ducati leads the constructors’ standingsꦓ by 181 points over Aprilia, with KTM 195 adrift.
