100 Wins!

And after Mugello... roll-on Balaton Park, two tracks with totally differing characteristics. If as a rule the position on the grid and the start are always fundamental in managing the race, here this was even more so in order to avoid everything getting complicated. It was a race definitely conditioned by the initial strike, but we must take it in our stride: Marquez dominated a perfect weekend with pole, Sprint and GP, including fastest laps.

Marc scored his “Century”! One hundred wins in MotoGP: in front of him, now, only Agostini and Rossi. Congratulations! A milestone with an even sweeter flavour because it was reached on a weekend that seals the return of the inexhaustible Champion we all know. With him, the Factory Team gets a first place that was missing since Japan 2025 and thus the Ducati Lenovo Team also reaches its 100th win in MotoGP.

A weekend in which Marc peremptorily displayed a pace no one could match, making most of his pole position and winning in the fashion he only knows how to do. In the GP especially, he managed the race with near perfection, the timing and ways of the attacks, without overdoing it at the beginning, waiting for the medium compound rear tyre to reach optimal temperature to then make a difference in the second part, with clearness of mind, determination and his immense talent in a breathtaking hand to hand struggle in which he had everything to lose.

Pecco took advantage of the initial accidents and, with a start that was less than brilliant keeping him out of the leading group, instead found himself in third position, which he was able to hold until the end on a track that traditionally doesn’t hold his favour, and grabbing a morale-boosting podium, adding it to the last two in a row.

A special cheer goes to Lecuona: picked from the SBK to replace Alex Marquez he finished in a most worthy 7th place, which could never just be taken for granted. And especially since he hadn't done any tests on our bike before. Bravo indeed, Iker!

Finally, we should also highlight the gutsy comeback by Diggia who, after being involved in the initial group crash, clawed his way back into 12th position with a pace worthy of the podium, emblematic of a character and determination that I greatly appreciated.

Forza Ducati!