MotoGP | Ducati is working on a "crazy" idea to beat Marquez in 2020

MotoGP Motorcycle World Championship 2020 – At Ducati the work never stops, the goal is to win the MotoGP world championship again, which only happened in 2007 with Casey Stoner.

Andrea Dovizioso finished second behind Marc Marquez for the third time in a row, but this year the difference made by the Spaniard was truly great.

In Borgo Panigale they are working on a crazy idea to beat the #93 of the Repsol Honda Team and Stefano Rendina, Ducati Technical Director spoke to his colleagues at Marca.com

Statements Stefano Rendina, Ducati Technical Director on Ducati's crazy idea to beat Marquez

“We have a very crazy idea that we want to introduce to find the best way to win the world championship. We're working on it. In 2020 we will know whether it was a good idea or not. Everything can make a difference, let's try to find the fastest way to be competitive before others. We are smaller than Yamaha or Honda and we need to find power everywhere to get the best setup on our bike. It is very difficult to close the distance to Marquez, he is the perfect example of the human factor that makes the difference, but we are working on trying to improve all aspects of our bike: aerodynamics, engine, electronics, strategy... In the past Ducati thought that engine power made the difference. Now, with riders like Marc Marquez, we know we have to improve in all areas. The engine is the heart of the bike, yes, but we must not forget the rest. Marquez was sensational but there are no other Hondas in the Top Ten. As for the Ducati, you can find three, sometimes four, sometimes two.”

At the beginning of 2019, Ducati introduced aerodynamic innovations, which were then copied by all the other teams, including Honda

“When someone copies your idea, it means it was a good idea.”

Ducati with the new "idea" will only be seen in February 2020, this is to avoid giving the competition the opportunity to copy (at least not immediately, ed.) the technical innovations.