Dall'Igna: Márquez does not make mistakes, but Ducati asks for concentration

Marc Márquez’s victory in Malaysia gave Ducati another major signal in this end-of-season run-in. Luigi Dall’Igna, general manager of Ducati Corse, focused on the Spaniard’s consistency: since returning from injury he has not made any mistakes and has built increasingly solid performances, up to taking his seventh win of the year. It is also his seventh victory in the last 11 races, a figure the manager highlighted in his Sepang assessment.

In the Malaysian Grand Prix, after a Sprint tackled with more caution, Márquez took the lead of the long race and never gave it up. Dall’Igna described a clean race, never really in doubt, calling it perhaps the most convincing display of his season. For Ducati, the Sepang weekend confirmed a clear picture: the Spanish rider knew how to strike at the right moment and extended his lead in the championship again.

The path outlined by the executive helps to read the weight of this moment. After the Mugello GP, Márquez was at -102, while now the Ducati-Marquez pairing arrives at the third-last round of the calendar with the first match-point for the title. The margin built in the second half of the championship is the result of a run of results that has turned the season around, which started uphill and was then steered towards the summit lap by lap.

Dall’Igna also underlined that the lead in the standings has been built by making the most of Jorge Martin’s absence, while reiterating that he would prefer a direct battle on track with his rivals. The message, in the pits, remains tied to managing the final phase and the need not to lower the level now that the World Championship is entering its decisive stage.

Ducati’s line

“We still have a long way to go,” Dall’Igna added according to FormulaPassion. And again: “We have to keep pushing like this: the job is not finished yet”.

The executive explained that three weekends remain and that all of them will be very demanding. Until the title is arithmetically sealed, the only imperative is to stay fully focused and keep aiming for results on track, without taking anything for granted.