Filippo Preziosi is keeping a tight hand on the helm of the Ducati technical team, which is currently navigating in difficult waters. While the German winds blowing down from Audi have helped to fill his sails, the criticism from Burgess, indiscretions from Furusawa and departure of Rossi have been sending waves over the bow for quite some time.
Continuous Development – Jeremy Burgess has made some critical statements in recent weeks, claiming that Ducati didn't produce enough updates for the bike. Preziosi responded:"We do continuous development work on the bike, and maybe Jeremy didn't realize that. Early in the season we concentrated on the aluminum swingarm, because that is what Rossi asked of us. We made two versions, but they didn't give us any advantage and we returned to the carbon fiber units, where were also lighter."
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