Ducati : Easy to Persuade Lorenzo

Ducati : Easy to Persuade Lorenzo - Not difficult for Ducati to persuade Jorge Lorenzo, out of Yamaha, the team which he defended for 8 years and won three time world champion in the premier class of MotoGP. Yamaha has been handed a new offer with a higher value for replacing the contract that will expire this season, but in fact Lorenzo chose to join Ducati for the season 2017-2018.

Ducati Corse Sporting Director, Paolo Ciabatti said, it is not difficult to convince Lorenzo to move to Ducati. He also admitted Ducati had approached tentatively, earlier.

Ducati Corse Sporting Director, Paolo Ciabatti

Ducati : Easy to Persuade Lorenzo

"As with all such cases, the negotiation process is quite complicated, but we managed to get the agreement fairly quickly," said Ciabatti told Sky Italia and reported by Motorsport, Monday (18/04/2016).

There were two bids Ducati that it is hard rejected by Lorenzo, ie, competing Desmosedici GP16 motorcycle riding and salaries per year over 10 million euros.

"I believe in the ability of our motors, which this year, has demonstrated itself is very competitive, helping to perpetuate the agreement," said Ciabatti.

Ciabatti wished, Lorenzo can try first Desmosedici GP16 next November when the traditional test session in Valencia. However, it depends on the decision of Yamaha.

"We have not talked with Yamaha, but we hope to be in a circuit with Lorenzo at Valencia," said Ciabatti.