This amounts to saying Ducati must stop trying to build a Honda or Yamaha under rules effectively dictated by Honda (Dorna’s CEO, Carmelo Ezpeleta, and Nakamoto speak of their “partnership”). Ducati must invent its own future by taking the bold step of “going Open.” In the past, Ducati won races by going for maximum power from the 990 and 800cc engines, and now, the company must return to that policy, made possible by more engines and more fuel.