Fabio Di Giannantonio was the main star of Losail, but the one who caught the most attention – for negative reasons and controversy – was Jorge Martín, who had a terrible race finishing in 10th place. Gigi Dall’Igna spoke about the Pramac rider and how he faced an issue, highlighting that these ‘crucial moments’ are decisive in the title fight, but that the championship is decided throughout the season.
Before talking about #89, Dall’Igna talked about the battle between DiGia and Francesco Bagnaia, before starting to talk a little about what happened with the Spanish rider: ‘He [Bagnaia] made a majestic, almost perfect start to the race: already taking the lead in the first corner, then dominating and pulling away with only a combative and uncontrollable Diggia able to follow him. Undoubtedly, he also had luck in that forced overtaking attempt that finally relegated him to second place; and so he secured crucial points in the title fight at the expense of Jorge, who unfortunately on Sunday’s race was unable to repeat the performance of the previous day, which earned him an impeccable and decisive victory […]’.
The General Director of Ducati Corse at Ducati Motor Holding then focused on Martín, and a little on the problems that 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 to any mechanical problem, is among those that can simply happen and that must always be taken into account during a season’.
The Italian then considered that these are very important situations that ’tilt the balance’ one way or the other, but he mentioned that the final result is a combination throughout the season: ‘When they occur at crucial moments, they are often considered reasons capable of tilting the balance one way and not the other, but in reality the result of a championship is decided by a combination of situations and often also by mistakes made by riders, teams, and manufacturers’.
And he concluded: ‘If we really want to grow and improve, I think these are the gaps we should analyze and try to avoid: in fact, as for the rest, what does not depend on us, there is very little we can do’.
