VOL. 52 ISSUE 21 MAY 27, 2015 P107
So it is not the case that
everybody understands the
same things in electronics
now? The Honda guy knows
what the other guys know?
Believe me at the end it is not
the electronics; it is the dynamic
behavior of the bike under the
electronics. This is the problem.
If you know this very well then it
is quite easy to find out the best
possible strategies. The main
problem is to understand very
well what happens on the bike.
After the race in Jerez,
Dovizioso said that traction
was the main thing to im-
prove. Was this only a prob-
lem in Jerez?
No, this is a problem that we
knew we could have had. We
knew we could have this issue in
braking, when he went straight
on, we knew that we could have
this kind of problem. We have
the software ready with this
problem solved, but we just had
to test at Mugello before we put
it on the bike in a race. And un-
fortunately this problem came.
In Austin at the Grand Prix
we saw that both Ducatis
could not return to the box on
the last lap and they stopped
on track. Why was that?
Fuel temperature. We had
some cavitation problems.
When you closed the gas after
the race, the fuel consumption
decreased quite a lot, so the
temperature on the fuel rails
that feed the injectors increased
quite a lot, so the fuel tempera-
ture increased quite a lot. It was
quite hot in Austin. We had
noticed this problem in Sepang
2 [test], so we had produced
something to solve this problem
and we would have liked to put
this on the bike for the first time
at Jerez. But after we saw this
problem in Austin we speeded
up this new solution and put it
on the bike at Termas [de rio
Hondo]. The temperature in
Termas was even higher but we
had no problems.
When we see the two riders
you have in MotoGP, their
level is very high. But maybe
people do not think of them
as 'aliens'—the special ones,
like Marc Marquez, or Jorge
Lorenzo or Valentino Rossi.
Do you think that the next
stage in the development of
Ducati's MotoGP project has
to be the signing of one of
these kinds of riders?
I am very happy with the riders
I have at the moment because
they are very important for me to
develop the bikes in these years,
and I believe that they can fight
for the championship alongside
Lorenzo, Rossi or Marquez.
I am really happy with both of
them and I am not thinking about
anybody else.
What do you think Rossi
could do now on the new
Ducati?
I do not know. Frankly speak-
ing, in all my life it did not matter
who was riding my bike. I don't
want to understand if we win
because of the rider, or be-
cause of the bike. I think I have
"BELIEVE ME
AT THE END
IT IS NOT THE
ELECTRONICS; IT
IS THE DYNAMIC
BEHAVIOR OF THE
BIKE UNDER THE
ELECTRONICS."
