Davide Tardozzi expects the Ducati–Aprilia constructors’ battle to remain volatile through the season’s final rounds, with each team’s fortunes tied to circuit layouts. After Ducati won at Jerez, the constructors’ points have alternated between the two teams at every event since: Aprilia at Le Mans, Ducati at Catalunya, Aprilia at Mugello, and so on. Tardozzi called them “Aprilia and Ducati circuits” in the run-up to Silverstone.
The riders’ championship has mirrored this swing, with Aprilia’s quartet suffering multiple DNFs in the last five races. Marc Marquez, Ducati’s defending champion, clawed back 84 points from a 102-point deficit at Sachsenring, but Silverstone’s Sprint exposed a tyre performance drop that left him ninth. He recovered to seventh in the grand prix, scoring just ten points of a possible 37, and now trails Aprilia’s Jorge Martin by 40.
Tardozzi framed the challenge as consistency over speed: collecting points when Ducati isn’t fastest, and attacking when it is. The next two rounds—Spain’s Aragon, where Ducati has won the last four races, and Misano, a shared home event—could decide the constructors’ title. The flyaway rounds in Japan, Indonesia, Australia, and Malaysia follow, adding unpredictability to the mix.
