Ducati MotoGP staff boss Davide Tardozzi was seen angrily confronting a booing crowd on the primary straight of the Italian Grand Prix dash following Marc Marquez’s win.
Eight-time grand prix world champion Marc Marquez has had a fractious relationship with Italian MotoGP crowds ever since his main fallout with Valentino Rossi in 2015.
The latter accused Marquez of attempting to sabotage his 2015 title hopes on the Australian Grand Prix that yr, which led to their notorious conflict at Sepang.
MotoGP legend Rossi has repeatedly stoked the flames of this bitter rivalry by persevering with to assert he had his tenth world title stolen from him by Marquez.
This most just lately occurred final yr following an look on Andrea Migno’s podcast.
Marquez usually finds himself on the receiving finish of a refrain of boos and jeers each time MotoGP races in Italy, with that being the case so removed from a small a part of the fanbase this weekend at Mugello regardless of the Spaniard now using for the manufacturing unit Ducati squad.
Following his win within the dash on Saturday afternoon, Marquez obtained some booing and whistles from the gang on the primary straight.
Spanish broadcaster DAZN captured footage of an offended Davide Tardozzi confronting the gang, reminding it of the colors Marquez is racing beneath.
Seen placing his finger to his lips in a bid to silence the boos, Tardozzi shouts: “Oh my God, it’s pink,” referring to Ducati’s manufacturing unit colors as he factors at his staff shirt.
Mugello has been a very unfavorable venue for Marquez through the years since his feud with Rossi erupted – most notably in 2016 when paddock safety needed to be beefed up amid threats in the direction of the then-Honda rider, in addition to 2015 champion Jorge Lorenzo.
Valentino Rossi is current at Mugello this weekend as a consultant of his VR46 MotoGP staff.
Final weekend Rossi was heading in the right direction to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans within the LMGT3 class earlier than the No.46 WRT BMW he shared with Kelvin van der Linde and Ahmad Al Harthy broke down in a single day.
Rossi has scaled again his automotive racing commitments in 2025 to have the ability to come to extra MotoGP rounds.
