The preseason of motorcycling started more than a month ago with the first test of sepangin Malaysiain charge of the category of MotoGP. He continued, fifteen days later, with the recent rehearsal in Portimao (Portugal)headquarters, next week, of the start of the World Cup, but, apart from the training that will be held this week to release the machines of Moto3 and Moto2last week took place, specifically on March 8, the premiere of the new motorcycles ducatiknown as V21Lof the Electric Motorcycle World Cup (MotoE)which this year premiere a frame by the Italian firm of Borgo Panigale.
The most relevant piece of information and which continues to be surrounded by a tremendous mystery and secret, which some consider absurd since everyone has already realized the detail, is that Ducati, nobody knows the real reason, has decided to baptize with a woman’s name, engraved on each of the 18 chassis of the 18 motorcycles that they make available to the teams competing in this silent World Championship, each and every one of their motorcycles.
The first explanation given by some but, I insist, never confirmed by Ducati, which refuses to talk about the subject until the first race of the season, which will be held at the popular and historic Le Mans track in France, is that, as The first test with these machines was held on March 8, in Jerez, Women’s Day, it was a way of paying homage to the Ducati women.
‘Felsina’, the first name of Bologna, is one of Gresini’s motorcycles
Another reason that is part of the lottery until we find out what the real reason for this image campaign is is that the 18 names, including Stella, Alessia, Fernanda, Elena, Daphne, Fortuna, Elettra, Claudia, Giuliana, Elisawhich is the one that the Spanish will pilot Maria Herrerawho is the only woman who competes in this championship, Felsina….correspond to people who work in the Borgo Panigale factory of the powerful Italian brand.
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And finally, there is a third hypothesis and that is that all the names are linked to the history of the region of the emilia romagna, where Ducati resides. In this sense, for example, one of the two motorcycles belonging to the team of the late Fausto Gresini bears the name of Felsinawhich was the name with which Bologna was born.
While Ducati refuses to give an explanation to this image campaign, to this small, curious and funny detail, the truth is that there have been various speculations and, probably, all of them are part, in some way, of the reason why that the Italian firm has decided to debut in this new championship in which it participates.