Fabio Di Giannantonio was the main star on Lusail but one that had more eyes on was Jorge Martin as he had a terrible race, finishing 10th. Gigi Dall’Igna spoke on the Pramac’s rider and how he suffered a problem, highlighting these ‘crucial moments’ that can mess hard with the title run.
Before speaking about the #89, Dall’Igna spoke about the battle between DiGia and Francesco Bagnaia, before starting to touch a bit on what happened with the spaniard: ‘He [Bagnaia] pulled a start of the race with a majestic, almost perfect stroke: already taking the lead at the first curve, then dominating and pulling away with only a combative and uncontainable Diggia able to follow. He was also undoubtedly lucky in that forced overtaking attempt that finally relegated him to second place; and so securing fundamental points in the struggle for the title at the expense of Jorge, who unfortunately in Sunday’s race was unable to repeat the performance of the day before, that had earned him a faultless and decisive victory […]’.
The General Manager Ducati Corse at Ducati Motor Holding then focused on Martin, and a bit on the problems Bagnaia also had the day before: ‘However, I would like to point out that the problem suffered by Jorge on Sunday or by Pecco on Saturday, comparable with any mechanical problem whatsoever, are among those that can simply happen and which must always be taken into account during a season’.
The italian then considered that these are super important, and situations that ‘tip the scale’ to one side, or another, but mentioned that the final result is a whole combination during the season: ‘When these occur at crucial moments, they are often considered reasons that are able to tip the scale on one side rather than the other, but in actual fact the result of a championship is decided by a combination of situations and, often, also by mistakes made by riders, teams and manufacturers alike’.
And concluded: ‘If we really want to grow and improve, I believe that it is these shortcomings that we must analyse and try to avoid: in fact as far as the rest is concerned, on whatever does not depend on us, there is very little we can do’.