Ducati in 2010 In 2024, they continued their dominance in MotoGP, winning all but one race of the season.
The Bologna-based manufacturer scored 722 points with their eight riders last season. Ducati Defeat the nearest rivals KTM About 400 points in terms of manufacturers.
Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia He won 11 of those races. However, while the manufacturer won the rider’s title, the winner was not from the original team.
George Martin He became the first independent team rider to win MotoGP Champion Bagnayan won by 10 points against the satellite Ducati team Pramak.
Luigi D’Aligna says the Pramac Cup win was ‘complicated’ as Ducati’s sponsors pay to be associated with the main team.
Martin won just three races in the season but only finished on the podium four times. Bagnaya’s three retirements cost him in the end.
Naturally, Ducati wants the factory team to succeed. After all, according to CEO Luigi Daligna, their sponsors ‘pay to be associated with our brand’ and therefore see them as ‘more important’.
But speaking with the Spanish version motorsport.comDall’Igna said that fighting for the title of free teams has always been his ‘philosophy’. By his admission, Martin’s championship win made things ‘complicated’ for sponsors.
“That’s always been my philosophy,” he said when asked how he decided to let independent teams compete for championships.
“Giving the Ducati riders the best material raises the overall level of the system, and the factory team benefits as well. If one rider is fast, the others will follow.
“It is always complicated, because there is always a more important team and, in this case, it is the official one, because sponsors pay to be associated with our brand. But victories, in fact, if analyzed well, victories serve everyone. From 2021, a team that will always fight for the title We are. Everyone who believed in us got the visibility they wanted.
Can Ducati dominate in 2025 without Pramac?
Ducati in 2010 They want to continue their dominance in 2025. However, they have to make do with two fewer bikes on the grid.
Pramac split with the Bologna-based manufacturer and became a satellite team of Yamaha. Bagnaia says Pramac’s exit is a big loss for Ducati. As it will be a challenge for them to continue their dominant run with six riders.
Along with Pramac, Ducati also lost the champion Martin. The Spaniard grabbed the second seat in the factory team Mark Marquez.
Marquez’s ‘beast’ pulls away as a six-time champion. Finally, he was given a seat over the age of 26. Martin switched to Aprilia alongside Ducati rider Marco Bezecchi.
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