Ducati’s top management has accepted the concessions given to rivals in MotoGP, but apparently this is not the way forward, at least for Michele Pirro. The Italian manufacturer’s test rider sees this situation as a penalty for the manufacturer, and even as an ‘attack’.
The #51, a key player in the development of the Desmosedici, spoke about the idea of granting concessions to Ducati’s competitors, telling GPOne: ‘Penalising those who have worked best and put together a package over the last few years, even as a test team that works well, I don’t think is the best thing to do’.
This situation also prevents him from making more appearances in GPs, as he sees the situation already in place as an advantage for his rivals: ‘But at the moment, taking into account the points, I will be forced to give up the wild cards, at least for the first part of the year. Of course, having more circuits, tyres and engines to test can work, but you also have to have a working method. But it’s certainly a good advantage for the rivals’.
For Pirro, this decision constitutes an “attack” on the work done by the manufacturer: ‘I don’t understand this obstinacy towards us and me in particular. In my opinion it’s worse, because if we have to replace someone we’re better prepared, so I don’t see this as a sensible attitude. I see it as an attack on Ducati, which has built a competitive test team in recent years’.