The top four bikes in the MotoGP world championship are Ducati: Jorge Martín (Pramac), Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati), Marc Márquez (Gresini) and Enea Bastianini (Ducati). This is by far the most dominant bike around. Well ahead of the KTM, the Aprilia and especially the Japanese: Yamaha and Honda.
And precisely the Honda driver Luca Mariniin statements reported this Wednesday by ‘Motorsport’, directly asked MotoGP to take measures so that the Ducati do not have much difference from their rivals. A distance which must be maintained until the entry into force of the new regulations for 2027.
“We absolutely have to reach a higher level and take something away from Ducati, because in this way they completely destroy this championship. We have to invent something,” said the Italian Honda team rider.
He recounts his experience every time a Ducati rider falls and starts to come back. He always overtakes the Hondas at the back of the grid: “Every time a Ducati rider falls and continues to ride, you know what awaits you during the race. In the straight, “They both fly past me like rockets, like they’re from another planet.”
“For them, we are bowling pins and they come to us without fear because they know they are superior. We are obstacles, they take us like this… But it is we who must avoid them if we want to stay standing,” explains Marini.
The superiority is such that the non-Ducati riders on the grid feel like “bowling pins” on the track. It is the complaint of a Marini who could only add 14 points so far to the championship.
