Gigi Dall'Igna insists Ducati ‘can’t let our guard down’

Gigi Dall’Igna debriefs 2025 Qatar MotoGP

Gigi Dall'Igna
Gigi Dall'Igna

Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna says it🍨s MotoGP rivals showed “how fearsome they can be” in the Qatar Grand Prix and prompted a reminder to “never let our guard down”.

He Italian manufacturer, courtesy of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez, stormꦕed to another sprint/grand prix double in 2025 in Qatar as it is yet to be beaten in any race.

But a surprise turn leading the grand prix for KTM’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales looked set to threaten 🌳Ducati’s dominanꦑce until the closing stages of last Sunday’s race.

Marquez was able to overhaul Vinales to win, though the Tech3 rider held 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia at bay to finish second on the road - only to have his podium strip꧅ped of him due to a tyre pressure penalty.

Gigi Dall'Igna praises Ducati in Qatar

In his post-race debrief, Dall’Igna gushed over Ducati’s achievements but issued a warning to the marque after KTM’s challenge in Qatar𝐆.

“Another special weekend for our bikes and🌜 riders,” he said.

“Ducati scores ♈a one-two with a podium that, once ♈again, is clad in our colours, placing five bikes in the top six.

“A victory, the 21st in a row, with an intense flavour against strong opponents who juဣst showed how f🅺earsome they can be.

“A success that, ꦯin the light of howꦬ it unfolded, urges us never to let our guard down.”

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Dall’Igna called Marquez’s per𒉰formance in Qatar “incomparable”, while noting thജat Bagnaia’s Sunday result was “worthy of his standing”.

“An incomparable Marc at the moment, in an exercise of style that yet again demonstrated all his strength, but above all his tactical ability and competitive sagacity in knowing how to read the race and modulate his resources at the most important momen🐻ts,ꦅ optimising manner and timing for the final attack,” he added.

“H🥃e thus logged his third success in four long races, the seventh out of the total eight run so far.

“Pole, sprint, GP and fastest lap on a track that had not seen him excel for mo♐re than 10 years: this 🎃was not one of his favourite tracks and this makes his success even more brilliant.

“I am also satisfied with Pecco's race, a good fight worthy of his standing, limite🌳d only by having had a grid start too far from the front line, which forced him to immediately deploy precious resources to claw his way back, being unable to preserve them for the race ending, in which inevitably all this took i🎀ts toll.”

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