Agree with most of this, and with a post by another that Ducati’s recent success has been built on a youth policy.
I don’t see how MM is to blame as many elsewhere are saying though. He made his choices, and the other riders and Ducati made theirs. As far as riders go they were going to lose 2 out of 3 top echelon riders tegardless, it was just a question whether MM would be one of the two. Martin had pretty much ousted Bastianini before MM had even ridden a Ducati, and Martin ousted himself. They are hardly young promising riders anymore either, both are at or near the peaks of their careers and while both wanting factory rides preferably as the number 1 rider is understandable it is/was their choice.
Ducati were never going to be able to continue having 3 satellite teams either, particularly when Yamaha with no satellite team was prepared to spend big to get one. Whether Pramac should have been the one they let go is a different question, but again Ducati decided to subsidise them less which to me looked to be independent of MM, and in the end the rumour was that they would only stay with Ducati if MM signed with them, again their problem rather than MM’s.
I am not sure how realistic a hope Aldeguer is for Ducati’s future however.
