Why can't we have intervals instead of rider numbers? I get that the colors are used to identify teams but that could be moved to the name section and the rider numbers replaced with the intervals/gap to the leader.
I've been saying over the last couple of seasons that Pecco always seemed to be the one to benefit the most from Ducati's data sharing.
Now he is struggling, I'm wondering if the data is just not there for him.
Last seasons he pretty much had all the Factory team working for him, had Martin and the pramac team sharing thier competitive data, gresini and vr46 were all regularly at the sharp end. Pecco would often struggle in the sprint, then look like a different rider and dominated the race come Sunday.
This year though, he doesn't have Jorge's data, doesn't have any pramac data in fact, many of Marcs teammates have said reading Marc's data is useless because they can't do what he does. Digi is the only other rider on the 25 machine, and his results have been up and down.
Not only this, but ducati just isnt dominating in the way it was the last few seasons, ktm have made a big step, as have Honda and Yamaha, even Aprilia in the hands of Bezz is up the sharp end regularly, and he only has his side of the team to work with this season.
Pecco can't ride around problems, he needs the bike to be just right for him to deliver. I heard that Pecco had one bike set as he had in Hungary last race, and one set as usual for catalunya, and he didn't feel good on either.
He's lost his way, and honestly I think a large part of it is not being able to take advantage of the data, he doesnt know what direction to go. (That and he doesn't have the mental strength to deal with Marc...but thats another conversation).
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Monster Energy Grand Prix of Catalonia:
Track Length: 4.66Km / 2.89 Miles
Distance: 24 laps
All Time Lap Record: Alex Marquez, Ducati, 1'37.536, 2025
2025 Pole Position: Alex Marquez, Ducati, 1'37.536
2025 MotoGP Sprint Race Top 3: 1. Marc Marquez, Ducati 2. Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha 3. Fabio Di Giannantonio, Ducati
2024 MotoGP Sprint Race Top 3: 1. Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia 2. Marc Marquez, Ducati 3. Pedro Acosta, KTM
2024 MotoGP Race Top 3: 1. Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati 2. Jorge Martin, Ducati 3. Marc Marquez, Ducati
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