Can Ducati Defend Mugello? | Italian GP Preview
Gas It Out
gasitout
4.9 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
After the relief of leaving Barcelona behind, MotoGP heads to one of the most spectacular racetracks in the world: Mugello.
Ducati arrive at their home Grand Prix with high expectations during their centenary celebrations, but compatriots Aprilia are coming for them on Italian soil, with Marco Bezzecchi leading the championship and Jorge Martin firmly in the fight despite a torrid weekend in Catalonia.
Stuck between the two, Pecco Bagnaia hopes to deliver at a circuit where he painted the town red three years in a row, but could Fabio Di Giannantonio be Ducati’s biggest home threat? And is Marc Marquez really ready to return at one of the fastest and most physical tracks on the calendar?
Gavin, Neil and Sylvain preview the prestigious Italian Grand Prix, the growing Ducati v Aprilia rivalry, Pedro Acosta’s chances, the magic and brutality of Mugello, and why the next few weeks could define the championship.
Check out YouTube for a video version of the pod, and get in contact with the boys @gasitoutpod on Instagram.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to gas it out after a Catalan Grand Prix that left us, I don't know, more relieved than entertained, I suppose. |
| 0:19.1 | We moved to one of the most spectacular |
| 0:21.7 | racetracks this weekend on the whole Motor GP calendar. It is, of course, Magello and the Italian |
| 0:27.2 | Grand Prix, and I am pleased to say that I have two Renaissance figures extraordinary from |
| 0:33.2 | the world of Motor GP. Joining me, as always, of course, it's Sylvan Gintoli and Neil Hodgson. Good morning, chaps. How are you both? How's your time? It's felt, I don't know about you guys, but it's felt like a long time since, it's like we've been through some kind of trauma last weekend. It's felt like a long time, this one week that we've had in between races, heading to Italian Grand Prix, |
| 0:54.2 | how do you feel about it, Silvan, |
| 0:55.6 | getting back to racing after what we saw in Barcelona? |
| 0:59.1 | Well, I can't wait, actually. |
| 1:00.9 | I think it'll be good to go to Mugelo. |
| 1:04.8 | There's a lot to look forward to as well. |
| 1:06.6 | You know, with Gatti versus Aprilia contest that's going on at a minute. |
| 1:12.5 | And obviously after what happened in, you know, in Catalonia, |
| 1:15.8 | I think we're all looking forward to see, |
| 1:18.2 | to see some racing again and sort of, you know, move on from it. |
| 1:21.9 | Because, yeah, I think we all feel from that one that we, |
| 1:26.0 | we sort of like dodged the bullet and we want to get back on track. Hopefully one of the wish of best recovery as well to Alex and Joanne, they you know, they've sustained injury they've had a long recovery ahead of them. But yeah, really looking forward to Mujillo. It's always a good one Mujillo, isn't it? It's one of the proper tracks. There's always some great battles so yeah really looking forward to Mujillo. It's always a good one, Mujillo, isn't it? It's one of the proper tracks. There's always some great battles. So, yeah, really looking forward to that. Yeah, what about you, Neil? Is it felt, is it just me? Or is it felt like less than, you know, we spoke seven days ago reviewing that race? Is it just me or does it feel like about three weeks since Barcelona happened? I don't know why. Yeah, I think it's just you, Gav. It feels like I spoke to you about |
| 2:05.2 | 30 seconds ago. I think... You did. You called me before this, but you couldn't get your computer |
| 2:10.5 | to work. Yeah, because I couldn't log on. So no, it don't feel like a long time. I was actually |
| 2:16.5 | then just looking at the calendar thinking, |
| 2:18.5 | wow, we've got four races in five weekends. |
| 2:20.8 | This is the heart of the championship. |
| 2:23.5 | This is the period where you have to try and gain some momentum, |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 21 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from gasitout, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of gasitout and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.