On the Spanish Grand Prix this 12 months, Marc Marquez scored his first grand prix podium aboard the Gresini-run 2023-spec Ducati he ditched the manufacturing unit Honda for.
Because the Italian GP approaches, a sequence of win milestones all through Ducati’s historical past comparable to rider numbers might be added to by Marquez.
Again on the second spherical of the present MotoGP marketing campaign in Portugal, Martin – carrying the #89 on his Pramac-run bike – scored Ducati’s 89th grand prix win.
That continued a coincidental sequence that started in 2009 with Casey Stoner.
Stoner, the 2007 world champion and Ducati’s first in MotoGP, scored the Italian marque’s twenty seventh win – the #27 doing so on his dwelling turf at Phillip Island in Australia.
In 2022, Francesco Bagnaia gained the Italian GP. On the time carrying #63, the quantity he switched to for his MotoGP debut in 2019 having run #42 (in use by Alex Rins) in Moto2 the 12 months earlier than, Bagnaia’s Mugello triumph was the 63rd for Ducati.
Finally weekend’s Catalan GP, Bagnaia tallied up Ducati’s 92nd grand prix win, that means the 93rd – the quantity Marquez carried on the entrance of his Gresini Ducati – is in attain for the Italian producer at Mugello this week.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Photos
Marquez got here from 14th on the grid at Barcelona to complete second within the dash and third within the grand prix, marking the primary time since 2019 that he has scored three successive Sunday rostrums.
On the prospect of continuous Ducati’s win quantity sequence at Mugello, Marquez mentioned: “Mugello, can be not the very best circuit to get the victory particularly as a result of I think about Pecco can be super-fast on these lengthy corners.
“It is one in every of his robust factors. No stress, no panic. I am having fun with, I am glad and that is crucial factor for me.
“It’s going to arrive within the second half of the season that I can be extra ready on the bike, nevertheless it’s true that [with] the 2024 bike they may have extra beneath management.
“We are going to see what occurs however for me already it is a pleasure to battle with these two guys each race.”
How lengthy it took every Ducati race winner to attain victory on the bike
Loris Capirossi: 2003 Catalan GP, six races
Troy Bayliss: 2006 Valencia GP, 33 races
Casey Stoner: 2007 Qatar GP, one race
Andrea Dovizioso: 2016 Malaysian GP, 71 races
Andrea Iannone: 2016 Austrian GP, 61 races
Jorge Lorenzo: 2018 Italian GP, 24 races
Danilo Petrucci: 2019 Italian GP, 74 races
Jack Miller: 2021 Spanish GP, 55 races
Francesco Bagnaia: 2021 Aragon GP, 42 races
Jorge Martin: 2021 Styrian GP, six races
Enea Bastianini: 2022 Qatar GP, 19 races
Marco Bezzecchi: 2023 Argentina GP, 22 races
Johann Zarco: 2023 Australian GP, 68 races
Fabio Di Giannantonio: 2023 Qatar GP, 39 races
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