Luigi Dell’Egna agrees with Marc Marquez about Ducati’s problems after the Thai Grand Prix.

For the past four years, Ducati has dominated the MotoGP championship with three different riders winning the championship. However, the Thai Grand Prix showed that the 88th Grand Prix may have fallen behind as the podium guarantee race ended.

It was even worse for the Italian manufacturer as none of their six riders represented them in the top 5 in the Grand Prix, with Fabio Di Giannantonio as the top rider in sixth place.

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Ducati ‘don’t panic’ about gap with Aprilia

After the opening of the season Luigi Daligna He took it to himself LinkedIn Page to discuss the Thai Grand Prix from his perspective.

The Italian Ducati missed the podium for the first time in the 88 Grand Prix due to the problems it faced at the Chang International Circuit, including the manufacturer.

Dall’Igna has not ruled out the Ducati championship in 2026, he believes that we will see where they stand in the next few rounds.

Dale Igna said, “This World Championship is shaping up to be exciting and exciting, with high expectations as we look forward to the challenges ahead.

“First of all, we congratulate our opponents who proved themselves fully qualified. Their competitiveness is not surprising, we saw it especially in the closing stages of the last season and during the pre-season test. The statistics show that we have not made the podium after 88 consecutive races and this is the first 102 wins in the overall GP. We have to close the gap quickly, but But we realize this without worrying ourselves.

“This is a natural cycle, a drop in performance can happen, especially after such a long series of successes. Now our effort is to analyze the data and introduce set-up improvements in the next races, to ensure that our riders are more competitive. Of course there is work to be done, but we know very well that this is only the first race and that we will only have long-term characteristics of the chronology. After the next few rounds, we will stand with the competition.

“In short, he was the doctor we know today to lead smartly. Marc was doing that by putting all his mind and heart into it. But he was really unlucky: first in the Sprint Race, a questionable decision by the FMI MotoGP Stewards cost him the win, then in the GP, despite some problems, he could have reached the podium before retiring.”

Was Marc Marquez’s dig at Pedro Acosta really necessary?

‘It wasn’t a one-day (championship) lead like Mark said,’ Acosta told reporters in Thailand.

Ducati are paying the price to sign Marc Marquez.

When Marc Marquez arrived at Ducati in 2025, he became a dominant force in MotoGP and won the title in his first season.

however, Carlo Pernat believes Ducati are now ‘paying the price’ for signing Marquez. As it affected the morale in the garage of the Italian manufacturer.

Pernat said: “Ducati is paying the price for the arrival of Marquez, which destroyed Bagnaia a little bit psychologically, it changed him.

Marquez had a difficult season opener in Thailand. He lost out on a Sprint Race win with a penalty and then was unable to finish the Grand Prix when he punctured his rear tire.