Ducati studying “scientific simulations” to predict Marc Marquez’s performance

The MotoGP world will be watching Marquez’s every move next s🥂eason when he swaps﷽ Repsol Honda for Gresini Ducati.
Oꦦne of the biggest rider moves in MotoGP history is expected to give the current grid’s biggest star his best shot at winning a ninth world championship.
"We did almost scientific simulations,” Claudio Domenicali told about Marquez. “Comparin😼g his performance with that of his brother Alex, who raced in his current team.
“But I won't say the results even under torture…”
Ducati waited 15 year🌳s to return to the top of MotoGP but, through Francesco Bagnaia, have won two chꦏampionships in a row.
This year the꧂ manufacturer totally dominated, with the three title contenders all representing different Ducati teams.
Domenicali predicted next year’s champion: "I choose Pecco: he's Italian, h💝e races in the official team and with him there is a particular empathy.&nbs💟p;
“B🐼ut Marc is a champion, if he ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚis good enough to deserve the title we will be happy.
“He will certainly fight until the ꧒end for the World Champio🥃nship.
"Marc will make us grow further: our other seven champions have begun to study the way he 🎉rides.
“He will be a stimu꧒lus, an example. They will all become better.
“We will have greater i🍌nternal competition, our opponents' race for the World Championship will become more complicated. ൩;
“This year Jorge Martin learned a lot from Bagnaia, and Pec❀c♋o will do the same with Marquez.
“We will continue to raise the level, have ౠyou seen Di Giannantonio? Six out of 8 Ducatis have won ♔at least one GP.”
The Italian brand’sও dominance means that new concessions rules have been introduced for 2024 to aid their opponents.
Do♕menicali said about winning under new conditions: "It seems impossible. But we're trying.
“Our opponents have asked to change the rules from next year, otherwise we're too strong f🍌or them. The organiser satisfied them.
“No problem, on the contrary: for us it is the best marketing campaig💎n."

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ame💯rican sports, to football, to F1.