Ducati confirms desired rider to replace Marc Marquez, puts an end to doubts with Bagnaia: “There will be no exchange for the VR46”

First free practice session of the Grand Prix MotoGP What’s said in the pits is always more interesting than what happens on the track. Especially when it rains. And this is what happened in the first training session Malaysian GP, where ducati He clarified several points under consideration.

Mauro Grassili, sporting director of Borgo Panigale“chased” by Sky Sports, reviewed two key points of the Italian: Who do you want to replace? Marc Marquez And what will the future hold? Pecco Bagnaiahe was the true leader of his project until Cervera arrived.

The Italian admitted the idea was to give him another chance, starting as a substitute for Marc Marquez, who will be out for the rest of the year recovering from a right shoulder injury. Nicolo Brega He is a SBK runner-up and will be next year’s MotoGP team tester. However, before taking any formal action, it will conduct tests to make a final decision.

“We have confirmed that it is possible to conduct the following tests.” Nicolo (Brega)this is a new decision and not so simple. He is scheduled to do a MotoGP test on October 31st, after which we will decide together whether to race in Portimao.. The idea of ​​running it in Portugal And in Valencia But first we need to test it,” Grassili explained.

Bagnaia does not move from his spot.

Speculation about Bagnaia’s future status has continued to rise in recent months, given his current crisis within the official Ducati team. In fact, there are rumors that it will be installed on Rossi’s Pertamindo Enduro VR46 team next year. It didn’t take long for Ducati’s official box to deny that information.

“The situation is very clear, but Pecco is a Ducati rider and will race with the official team again next year. DiGiannantonio is the factory driver for the factory supported satellite team VR46 and will continue to be so next year. We started a project on VR last year and Diggia is 100% confirmed with VR46” to solve the problem, he said.