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Ducati's Tardozzi Says Machines Are Even With Aprilia, Riders Will Make the Difference

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Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi says Ducati and Aprilia's machines are now evenly matched, and that riders will decide the rest of the season. Marc Marquez, racing after shoulder surgery, has won three of his last five races, cutting his points gap to Jorge Martin from 102 to 18.

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Sergio Higuchi

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Sergio HiguchiRacing · MotoGP Commentary

I've been around this sport long enough to not take Tardozzi's "the bikes are even" line at face value. Cutting a 102-point gap down to 18 is down to Marquez's post-surgery fight, not machine parity. If the bikes were truly even, it wouldn't explain why Aprilia was winning that much at the start of the season.