A Desmosedici one-two-three at Le Mans following a Ducati one-two-three at Jerez means that the chatter/vibration problem that had Ducati riders and engineers scratching their heads at Lusail, Portimao and COTA is probably fixed.
Thus the MotoGP status quo has been restored – Ducati back in total control, locking out the top four places in the championship, on its way to a fifth successive constructors’ title and a third successive riders’ crown.
One-make racing isn’t ideal, but if you asked Gigi Dall’Igna what he thinks of the situation the wise old wizard would no doubt reprise Mick Doohan’s words from the 1990s, when a brave journalist asked the teak-tough Aussie what he thought about winning everything and making the racing boring…
