Gigi Dall’Igna: ‘We have to find six kilos to put on Alvaro Bautista’s bike’
Gigi Dall’Igna says the new rider and bike weight limit rule in WorldSBK could result in them adding𒐪 six kilos, depending on Alvaro Bautista’s bike.
The Ducati Corse general manager believes the blend of Bautista’s experience and youthful talent of Nicolo Bulega is the perfect combination for the 2024 Worl🗹dSBK campaign.
Hoever, overcoming the new rider and bike weight limit rule will be a challenge, particularly for Bautista who is one of the lightest riders on ﷺthe grid.
“It’s difficult and not easy,” said Dall’Igna. “We have probably five or six ki📖los to put on the bike, depending on the weight of Alvaro.
“It’s not easy to put this ballast on the bike. We have to try during the test, the first test of the year, what will be the best position to rཧeduce the problem as much as possible.
“On꧂ the fuel capacওity, it’s another important difference from last year. We will have to manage the fuel consumption of the bike better to not have trouble in the race.
“We n🦄eed to be really focused on these two aspects.”
When 🔥speaking about the new Aruba.it Ducati line-up, Dall’Ign𒈔a was very excited as moving Bulega up to WorldSBK was a priority, according to the Ducati mastermind.
“I’m really happy about the two riders. One💖 has the experience of the champion [Bautista] so it is a guarantee for us,” added Dall’Igna.
“The other one is a rider who grew up very well with WorldSSP. He was really, really fast in the test he did in the final 🐼part of last season.
“In th🅘e future, it will be important to have him on our biꦍke.”
While achieving similar success as the last two seasons, in both WorldSBK and MotoGP will be challenging, th𓃲at’s exactly what Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali wants in 2024.
Speaking at the official launch, Domenicali “Ducati has a great history towards beauty and design; design’s always been a very important elemen🅘t but it’s even more important today. Beauty fills our hearts.
“We were Champions last year in MotoGP and WorldSBK. This is something unprecedented as no company has won Mot🔯oGP and WorldSBK two years in a row, so I think this is a goal that 🍌needs to be consolidated.
“The 🙈question might be ‘how can you do even better 🙈this season?’.”
