After the formalization of the transfer of Jorge Lorenzo at Ducati in 2017, Sports Director Paolo Ciabatti, Ducati Corse He spoke exclusively on Sky Sport24 HD , interviewed by Sandro Donato Grosso in Borgo Panigale.
On the agreement with Lorenzo.
“ Clearly this year all of the top riders contracts were due to expire. By Lorenzo c ‘ had been the approach attempts already some time ago, but I believe in the value of our bike, which this year, and also the past has proven to be very competitive, facilitating this meeting . “
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it was hard to convince him?
“ not really, I would say that as always in these cases, it was a pretty complex negotiation, but we could then to reach an agreement quickly enough . “
What inspired you to make this choice?
” in fact our project started a few years ago and predicted that when Ducati was able to put into effect a competitive bike, on a par with Honda and Yamaha, we would try to take one of the top riders bring in Borgo Panigale world title since 2007. the bike in my opinion has proved to be competitive this season, beyond Argentina’s nasty business, we could have been on the podium in all three first races. This has facilitated the achievement of this agreement . “
On the future teammate Lorenzo.
” We have not decided anything the priority at the moment was to reach out and finalize this agreement. We did it a few days ago and this is why we have announced today, Now we will take a bit ‘of time to figure out which of the two Andrea will remain in the team . It is a decision nonetheless unpleasant because both are exceptional boys, with us for four years, so it will not be an easy choice. We’ll try to figure out what could be the best rider for the team in 2017 . “
Lorenzo will try your Desmosedici already in Valencia?
” This is what we hope, is a bit ‘a habit of all the houses to vacate their pilots who have taken a different decision for the following season to experience the new bikes. we do not yet talked to Yamaha, but what we expect is to be able to get on track with him in the post-race test in Valencia . It ‘clear that the news is fresh today, and this will be discussed in the coming days, but from Friday, we will focus on the Jerez race. Lorenzo is one of our adversaries, one of the hardest to beat, but the goal is to win one or more races this year with Dovizioso and Iannone, so it will be an opponent until the end of the season.
we spoke with Jorge and he is indifferent what will be his teammate. Respects both Dovizioso and Iannone has not given us any indication . As for the rest, we will see in the coming weeks, it is clear that when drivers of this caliber move they desire to bring at least some of their technicians. We will see, it is still early to answer . “
Dovizioso and Iannone.
” We talked to them and explained what our expectations and so I think they will behave professionally and the fact that there is only one place in the team in 2017 will not affect that much compared to their race tactics . “
Jerez is the real test for the confirmation of progress?
“ we are certainly pleased with the competitiveness that we showed in the first dates of this ‘year, but Jerez is a track where somehow we always found some difficulty. I think if we can have a good race again on Sunday, this will be a further sign that our bike is competitive in the 2016 all circuits . “
Even Marquez was in negotiations.
“ Of course, if we look at the results, you can not forget that Marquez is a pilot extremely fast. he also expiring contract and we also talked with him . “
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