The new Ducati MotoGP team has already started rolling. The Italian structure, called this year Ducati Lenovo Team, has Australian Jack Miller and Italian Francesco Bagnaia as a new pair of drivers, replacing Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci.
Online, as established by the anticovid protocols, the new Ducati motorcycle was presented this Tuesday from the Borgo Panigale factory, with its characteristic shiny red color (now without black stripes on the fairing, as in 2020).
The two Ducati of 2021
In parliaments, Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor Holding, commented that Ducati begins the 2021 season “with the strength of the Constructors’ world title achieved last year despite the difficulties that have forced us to overcome obstacles and situations that do not we had lived before. ”
On his new partner, Domenicali indicated that “Miller and Bagnaia are young and talented drivers who make us look at this season with optimism.” The Australian was 7th in 2020 and the Italian 16th in his first year, both on Ducati’s satellite team, Pramac.
For his part, Gigi Dall’Igna, general director of Ducati Corse, said that Ducati’s objective is “to fight not only to defend the constructors ‘title won in 2020, but also for the drivers’ title.”
Jack Miller with the Desmosedici
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Jack Miller, number 43, expressed his excitement for wearing official Ducati red: “Finally wearing red gives me a feeling of enormous satisfaction, as well as giving me the right motivation to continue working with enthusiasm and dedication for my future goals”, although not He made it concrete, referring to achieving “important results.”
Pecco Bagnaia with his new motorbike
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For his part, Pecco Bagnaia, number 63, was “proud to have achieved this first goal of being part of an official team and this year I will try to achieve even better results; I am convinced that I have at my disposal everything I need to be competitive from the beginning and aim high ”.
