Ducati and Dovizioso separate in 2021

The fire had been smoldering for several months but the rupture is now over: the official Ducati MotoGP team will not renew Andrea Dovizioso’s contract in 2021. Good for Zarco? Explanations.

Yesterday the team manager of the official Ducati MotoGP team, Davide Tardozzi, announced that he would take "the decision on Dovizioso after the second race in Austria".

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The main one – a time predicted for in place of Pol Espargaro leaving for the HRC, before alongside Brad Binder – reacted with amusement, specifying that he was already in the know. "The decision is not up to me", explained the Italian, "so I will have to comply with what they have decided, it is not a problem".

The Austrian night must have been particularly intense in terms of advice this morning, since after meeting Simone Battistella, team manager of n ° 4 this morning, Ducati Corse sporting director Paolo Ciabatti immediately announced that "unfortunately, the conditions are not united to continue with Dovi beyond his current contract "…

Zarco or Bagnaia ?

This place at Ducati could do the business of Johann Zarco, currently at Avintia but under direct contract with the Bologna firm. "Me, I do my job on the track and if they want me, I’m available!",: "Then, the bonus of having the red combi and the red motorbike is that more and that will mean I can play a world title very quickly ", warns Johann who does not have on this same Austrian circuit and currently occupies the …

"Yes it is true that Johann had a great race in the Czech Republic and it is sure that we want to continue with him and with Pecco Bagnaia", confirms Paolo Ciabatti at the moment interviewed by our colleagues: " Ducati’s decision is to continue with them, we’ll see which team. We will probably choose in September the rider who will be with Jack Miller in the official team ".

“Whoever my teammate is next year, I’ll do it,” said Jack Miller, to date the only official Ducati holder in 2021. “For me, the logical choice would be my current teammate, Pecco Bagnaia. he is a motivated young rider and to be completely honest he currently has the best profile for the job. But I’m not the one making the decision, thank goodness! "

In addition to these two favorites, a certain Jorge Lorenzo could act as a challenger: the retiree of the Grands Prix has retained the favors of Luigi Dal’Igna, conductor of Ducati Corse…

The future of Andrea Dovizioso, 34, on the other hand suddenly darkened, like the sky of Spielberg on the eve of the Austrian GP … Apart from that of Andrea Iannone at Aprilia, the n ° 4 cannot target any factory handlebars next year. His best lead could be to blow the M1 Petronas of Valentino Rossi (which "gives way" to Fabio Quartararo in 2021), except that the Doctor with nine world titles is clearly not yet ready to leave the scene…

Ducati would nevertheless risk biting its fins if Dovi, currently, wins the 2020 MotoGP World Championship … To be watched carefully on MNC: stay tuned !

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