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THE
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Both the Ducati teams lose
their two-liter fuel concession.
Factory Ducati's Andrea
Dovizioso (4) and Pramac
Ducati's Danilo Petrucci (9)
pictured here.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
DUCATI LOSES PART OF CONCESSIONS
A
fter the Ducati Team's results
at the Grand Prix of Qatar,
the team lost its Factory Option
two-liter fuel advantage and has
been reduced from 24 to 22 li-
ters (6.3 to 5.8 gallons).
This was a result of the fact
that Ducati Factory option ma-
chines have now achieved three
podiums in dry conditions since
the start of the 2014 season:
Dovizioso's third place in Austin
2014, his second place in Qatar
2015 and his teammate Ian-
none's third place in the same
race.
Effective immediately, the Red
Bull Grand Prix of the Americas
until the end of the 2015 sea-
son, the reduced fuel allowance
applies to Ducati machines en-
tered under the Factory Option,
which include the Ducati Team's
Dovizioso and Iannone, as well
as Pramac Racing Team's Danilo
Petrucci and Yonny Hernandez.
The Avintia Racing Open en-
tries of Hector Barbera and Mike
Di Meglio are not affected.
While Ducati has lost the fuel
concession, they still main-
tain the other Factory Option
concessions—the use of Open
Class softer option tires and
testing with contracted riders.
They will maintain that unless
they win three races in dry con-
ditions.
After Qatar the MotoGP com-
mission redefined the criteria for
losing concessions to be based
on "Concession Points." The
points are: three points for first
place, two points for second
and one point for third.
The change in 2016 will be
the immediate loss of all con-
cessions with six concession
points total, in dry or wet condi-
tions, and will lose all conces-
sions from the following season.
However, any manufacturer who
gains no concession points, (no
podium positions), will benefit
from the full package of conces-
sions in the following season.
