From Moto.it (in Italian)
In Sepang controversy erupts on the new Magneti Marelli, which would favor the Ducati.And Carmelo Ezpeleta rubs his hands ...
SEPANG - Controversy, resentment, accusations more or less direct: we are only at the winter testing, but the MotoGP 2014 is already pretty "hot." The last case (for the moment) relates to the control unit of the single "Open", the same for all also in the software.provide to the system - hardware including the "Factory" - is the Magneti Marelli, at a price of16,000 Euros per unit , dashboard, inertial platform and control panel.
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The short of the story is that the latest (and really complex) version of the software for the open class is said to have been developed by Ducati and presented to Magneti Marelli for use as the Open spec software. If true: Magnanimous gesture = a very Italian solution to the ECU disadvantage