INTERVIEW
DUCATI CORSE GENERAL MANAGER LUIGI DALL'IGNA
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chosen some riders, and some
riders have chosen my bike. So
we lose or we win, all together.
That's it. I have to push my riders
to try their best, and the riders
have to push me to develop the
bike as much as possible. At
the end, the group wins not the
single. The group is more impor-
tant than the single and what you
can do with the group is a lot
more than you can do alone.
As a company, does Ducati
understand and appreciate
the improvement that has
been made in the racing set-
up from the Grand Prix and
Superbike side recently?
The warmth that I feel around
me when I am in Ducati is good.
I do not know about Audi but
I know very well about Ducati
because I live in Ducati, see the
people every day, and so I feel
that they are happy about the
improvements that Ducati made
in these two years.
Is there any input from Audi
in the normal life of Ducati as
the race department?
Audi has done its best to put
me in the best possible condi-
tion. This is normal. Audi, in my
opinion, knows very well how to
grow when they buy a company.
They do not destroy the com-
pany that they have bought. Audi
has made a lot of acquisitions
over the past few years so I am
sure they know very well how to
improve the performance of the
brands they have bought.
How important do you think
it is for Audi that Ducati is suc-
cessful in racing?
MotoGP is one of the most
popular sports in the world. In
the motor racing world number
one is Formula One; number two
is MotoGP. MotoGP is important
because it is popular, TV cover-
age is quite high.
Is it not more important to
sell more bikes than to win
more races? Some manufac-
turers do not race but still sell
a lot of bikes.
Ducati is a different thing.
Ducati is like Ferrari. Can you
imagine Ferrari without F1? You
can win or you can lose but you
have to stay because your brand
requires racing. CN
Smiles all around…
The Ducati MotoGP
team celebrates
success in Qatar.
