Ducati has been growing like no one else in the past few years in MotoGP and has the best bike on the grid and shows to be super competitive even without the latest models – as seen this last weekend with Alex Marquez, for example. Carmelo Ezpeleta address the subject of the and said that given all development was made within the rules, he cannot simply penalize the italian manufacturer.
Speaking to the press, quoted on Motosan, the CEO of MotoGP address the matter saying that in the future Ducati can be punished… for being «too good»: ‘We can severely punish Ducati for being innovative and having studied the regulations better. They do everything within the limits of the applicable regulations. Now some opponents are demanding to take some things away from Ducati’.
Given that some of the manudacturers who are following behind want to see some changes, Ezpeleta highlighted that it isn’t that simple to do: ‘I can’t go to Ducati and say: «Sorry, you are too good. We have to stop you»’, and recalled what happens in the queen class of motorsports:
– In Formula 1, Red Bull Racing doesn’t hold back either, just like Mercedes hasn’t been artificially restricted for years.