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Jorge Martin Lost at the 2023 Australian MotoGP
Seatoday.com, Jakarta There are suspicions of Ducati sabotage in the choice of soft rear tires, which prevented Jorge Martin from winning the 2023 Australian MotoGP race. While other racers including Pecco Bagnaia were still fast, Jorge Martin was overwhelmed in the last 10 laps of the 2023 Australian MotoGP race because of the soft rear tire he was using.
A number of parties considered the decision taken by Jorge Martin to be very strange, when most racers including Pecco Bagnaia and Johann Zarco were using medium rear tires.
Melandri insinuated that someone was 'pressuring' Martinator to choose the tire compound that caused him this misfortune. "He must be very unintelligent, or they 'forced' him to choose that," wrote the man who was once Valentino Rossi's rival. It can be seen that Melandri was taking a swipe at Ducati, even though he did not clearly mention any sabotage from the Italian manufacturer.
This problem has also reached the ears of Ducati General Manager, Gigi Dall'Igna. He emphasized that Ducati had clearly advised Martin not to force himself to use soft tires. "This is a strange race, everything is regulated and determined by tire choice," said the Ducati boss. "To be honest, choosing soft was very risky, but he wanted to use that tire and decided to use it," he explained.
Dall'Igna emphasized that Ducati had warned Martin not to force himself to use soft tires. He emphasized that the decision on soft tires was absolutely in the hands of the racer, not Ducati.
"But the numbers speak, it is predictable, tire problems come from anywhere, so the damage is significant," he continued. "The numbers say so and we tried to tell Martin not to use them. But the whole decision is in the hands of the racer".
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