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April 28th, 2022, 05:12 AM
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The first five races of 2022 have been far from straightforward for Ducati. The factory that could claim it had the best bike on the MotoGP grid in the autumn of last year with some justification has struggled to get up and running since March, with fancied runners Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin scoring just 31 and 28 points from a possible 125.
There has been much to ponder for Paolo Ciabatti, its MotoGP Project Director, in that time, be it rider performance, engine choices for the five riders running GP22s, or the decision to place a ban on front ride height devices, the most recent innovation from the Bologna factory that was in partly to blame for a disastrous first race of the season.
During the Friday of the Argentine Grand Prix, while the paddock waited anxiously for missing freight to be delivered, Ciabatti spoke to Motomatters on a range of issues, including a mixed start to the year for Ducati’s eight riders, the development of the front ride height device, his reaction to its ban, and how the MotoE project is being managed ahead of 2023.
Q: The start of 2022 has been a bit of a mixed bag, in that Enea has been exceptional but fancied names have struggled. How would you assess the start of Ducati’s season?
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The first five races of 2022 have been far from straightforward for Ducati. The factory that could claim it had the best bike on the MotoGP grid in the autumn of last year with some justification has struggled to get up and running since March, with fancied runners Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin scoring just 31 and 28 points from a possible 125.
There has been much to ponder for Paolo Ciabatti, its MotoGP Project Director, in that time, be it rider performance, engine choices for the five riders running GP22s, or the decision to place a ban on front ride height devices, the most recent innovation from the Bologna factory that was in partly to blame for a disastrous first race of the season.
During the Friday of the Argentine Grand Prix, while the paddock waited anxiously for missing freight to be delivered, Ciabatti spoke to Motomatters on a range of issues, including a mixed start to the year for Ducati’s eight riders, the development of the front ride height device, his reaction to its ban, and how the MotoE project is being managed ahead of 2023.
Q: The start of 2022 has been a bit of a mixed bag, in that Enea has been exceptional but fancied names have struggled. How would you assess the start of Ducati’s season?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?a=-Eq-HKLC_tQ:IkwPLyfQul8:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?i=-Eq-HKLC_tQ:IkwPLyfQul8:F7zBnMyn0Lo (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?a=-Eq-HKLC_tQ:IkwPLyfQul8:F7zBnMyn0Lo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?d=7Q72WNTAKBA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?a=-Eq-HKLC_tQ:IkwPLyfQul8:7Q72WNTAKBA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?i=-Eq-HKLC_tQ:IkwPLyfQul8:V_sGLiPBpWU (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?a=-Eq-HKLC_tQ:IkwPLyfQul8:V_sGLiPBpWU) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?d=8QFB7NnbhRw (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?a=-Eq-HKLC_tQ:IkwPLyfQul8:8QFB7NnbhRw) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MotoGPMatters?a=-Eq-HKLC_tQ:IkwPLyfQul8:bcOpcFrp8Mo)