MotoGP Austria: Ducati admit Marco Bezzecchi ‘deserves factory bike’ but their hands are tied

Bezzecchi, who rebounded with a podium f💦inish during the Austrian MotoGP after being taken out in the sprint, is expected to remain at Mooney VR46 next season.
That would mean Bezzecchi remains aboard a year-old spec ✨Ducati, as opposed to jumping aboard the Italian manufacturer’s latest machine which will go the way of their two facto🅠ry and Pramac riders due to contractual obligations.
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Speaking to , Gigi Dall’Igna sai🅠d: "There really isn’t much room for manoeuvre in this sense. For us, Marco deserves a factory bike because he has shown that ꦆhe has the talent and ability, however, our offer has its limits.
"We have agreements and the factory bikes ar🦹e in the Pramac team, we couldn’t do anything about this."
Following two DNF’s one of which was his mistake at Silverstone and the other being down to a turn one collision in the sprint in Austria, Bezzecchi’s title hopes needed a big boost ✨during Sunday’s race.
Starting seventh, Bezzecchi managed to make ligh🀅t work of the riders around him before passing Alex Marquez for P3, with just a few laps remaining.
"After the spri🐼nt where there was this big chaos in the🎶 beginning I couldn’t show my potential unfortunately," added Bezzecchi.
"So in the race I was very charged up to bounce back and show my potential. It was not easy from seventh position because in the qualifying I was maybe a bit too nervous and tried a bit too much.&n🐬bsp;
"I made so many mistakes in my best lap. I started in the back but did the same strategy as the sprint. I was pushed wide by Maveric🐷k again, but fo🦹rtunately without any touch.
"It was not his fault because he was already i�♋�n the middle of the group."