Carlo Pernat didn’t mince his words when diving into the cauldron of the ever-simmering MotoGP transfer market. He found a soup far removed from the quality standards of a world before that he knew well, to better question Ducati’s choices that are destroying a strategy that has borne fruit in recent years. Here is his assessment that should sting a little on the Borgo Panigale side.
In the columns of GPone, Carlo Pernat first gives this general feeling: ” since I was in the world championship I have never seen anything like this…I had seen Lorenzo signing with Ducati a year in advance, with the riders finding their place in November at the last race of last year, but what happened in the last few months made me realize that nothing in our world can wait. In negotiations, there is no longer the seriousness of before. The given word is no longer worth anything ».
He explains : ” In the past years we were waiting for it, we were thinking about it, but now we can no longer do so. We must decide not today but even the day before. This in my opinion is not professional. I give to Marc Marquez
a 10 out of 10 for what he did. He was in a terrible state he gave a lot of money and he came back into the game and got everything he wanted. But the grade for Ducati will be given by history ».
Carlo Pernat: « Carmelo Ezpeleta had an influence on all of these moves, especially for Marquez »
Factory Ducati that he puts on the stake: ” This decision repudiates the entire policy of the last three years when he had practically distributed Dovizioso’s salary to the youngsters and this choice proved to be profitable.. Obviously having Marquez with Bagnaia particularly affects the Ducati Engineering part. It is clear that when an eight-time world champion calls you you are happy. But they focused too much on Marquez. And the result is that you strengthened Aprilia and KTM by taking a pilot who will be 32 years old in 2025 while sending away 3 young people. What’s more Pramac felt it had its back to the wall. Yamaha’s offer proved useful ».
Carlo Pernat does not hide the fact that all this was also political… ” Carmelo Ezpeleta was influential in all of these moves, especially for Marquez. What’s more he managed to distribute the best riders between the different manufacturers without giving away additional motorcycles as KTM requested ” And he concludes: ” Who came out the winner of all these operations? Dorna and Marquez ».
These upheavals noted, what about the course of the rest of the season? Will the hand of politics intervene to confuse the issue? Carlo Pernat bet no, and banking on the integrity of
Gigi Dall’Igna : « He is a very intellectually honest person. I’ll bet my life on it: he will give everything he can to everyone and it is precisely because of what happened that he will want to show that there will be no repercussions “. Dare you!
