Ducati group supervisor Davide Tardozzi admits the manufacturing facility nonetheless doesn’t perceive what went fallacious throughout Francesco Bagnaia’s disastrous Indonesian MotoGP weekend.
Mandalika noticed Bagnaia hit a brand new low in an already depressing season, qualifying sixteenth, ending final within the Dash and crashing from the again of the sector within the grand prix.
Most mystifying was that the all-time low weekend got here straight after Bagnaia dominated in Japan, successful each races from pole on a newly revised model of the GP25.
Whereas Ducati continues to keep away from confirming how a lot of Bagnaia’s present machine is now derived from final yr’s GP24, the manufacturing facility has mentioned the identical package deal was utilized in Japan and Indonesia.
“Pecco confronted a really tough weekend after an unbelievable weekend in Japan,” Tardozzi instructed MotoGP.com.
“We’re actually eager about what occurred, and Gigi and the engineers are already targeted on this matter.
“We belief within the velocity of Pecco, and we’ve to search out out why this catastrophe occurred this weekend.
“However we’re all targeted to once more be on the highest of the record in Phillip Island, which is considered one of Pecco’s favorite racetracks.
“This week might be a very powerful week for our engineers to consider what occurred right here.”
Requested if they’ve any thought what occurred to trigger such an excessive swing within the double MotoGP champion’s kind between Motegi and Mandalika, Tardozzi replied:
“Clearly not, as a result of if we all know what occurred, we might already remedy it. However we have not solved but and we’re targeted to do it earlier than Phillip Island.
“It appears unusual to us this drawback, this lack of feeling from Pecco on this racetrack but it surely occurs.
“We all know that we’ve to be targeted on Pecco’s bike and Pecco’s feeling as a result of plainly Ducati was not so dangerous by the tip of the weekend.
“We struggled on Friday however then Fermin and Alex confirmed that the potential of the bike is there. So we’ve to consider it and discover a resolution.”
Tardozzi insisted: “I am not fearful as a result of I belief completely Pecco and I belief our engineers.
“I nonetheless assume that Pecco’s velocity is there, and I belief our engineers that they may discover out the answer.”
With title-winning team-mate Marc Marquez out injured for the following two rounds, Bagnaia’s fortunes might be within the highlight greater than ever at Phillip Island and Sepang.
