Pramac's Danilo Petrucci says there are no more manufacturer-specific circuits in MotoGP, due to the “situation” regarding track condition and tyre performance changes every race weekend.
MotoGP has seen its competitive order close up considerably in recent years, with four manufacturers taking races wins since 2016, and seven of the top 10 closest top 15s in the premier class coming over the last two seasons.
This year has seen a number of manufacturers going well at circuits typically not suited to their machines, with the likes of Ducati finding strong form at Sachsenring and Honda only narrowly missing victory at Losail.
After missing pole by just 0.025s to Marc Marquez in Germany, and finishing fourth in the race, Petrucci believes constantly changing track conditions and tyre performance have nullified a certain bike's advantage at circuits now.
“Sincerely, one lap is one thing, 30 laps is another thing,” Petrucci said when asked if his Sachsenring form boded well for Ducati's stronger circuits.
“But I don't know, we don't have anymore Honda tracks, or Ducati tracks, or Yamaha tracks.
“It depends by the balance between the tyres, the temperature and the track, because now the situation changes every race.
“It's a different one [situation], and I don't think there is a track where a manufacturer is leading.
“I think it's more the tyres, the tarmac and the temperature [that makes the difference now].”
Ciabatti: Our bike strong everywhere
Ducati boss Paolo Ciabatti believes Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo, who have won three races between them in 2018, have proven the GP18 can be “very competitive on all circuits”.
Speaking about Ducati's season so far on motogp.com, Ciabatti said: “In general, we saw a positive progress. Obviously, we start in a perfect way with Andrea in Qatar, then a few difficult races: Argentina and Austin.
“But when we came back to Europe we showed that our bike and both ridres could be very competitive on all circuits.
“Not so happy about the standings because we lost many points because of crashes and accidents, but in the end the positive thing is our bike seems to be competitive on almost all circuits.”
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