Dylan Ferrandis on the Ducati Desmo450 MX: “The best frame in two wheels motorsports”

Unfortunately for Barcia, his time on the bike has been limited so far due to a broken collarbone. Re-injuring an already plated collarbone means this recovery has been longer than usual. He is hoping to get back on the bike around Christmas time, but either way, the #51 said he will be on the line at Anaheim 1.

Although only having about five days on the machine before the injury, Barcia said, “It revs extremely high, which is a good thing for me!”

We all know how good Barcia has been at the 450SX season opener the last half a dozen years. So, how will the roll out of the Ducati go in AMA Supercross?

And as far as the two being teammates, it seems their past run-ins are just that: in the past. It sounds like they have both had their differences but are willing to work together to exchange feedback and give directions to progress the bike forward.

“We had no problem talking or riding a little bit together on the track,” Ferrandis said. “But yeah, I mean, the problem with Justin is when it’s race time. I’ve heard he’s a very nice person when he doesn’t have his helmet, but when he puts the helmet on at the race, it’s a different guy. So, we see and we see how it goes at the race.”

“We’re fine,” Barcia said. “It’s no secret that me and Dylan have not had a great relationship racing. Am I buddies with anyone on the 450 line? Not really because it’s difficult to have that. But I feel like at least for me and Dylan as well, we’re grown ups and we can put that aside and the things we dealt with in the past and work together. Yeah, we had a good first week. Ziggy [Rick Zielfelder], busted my chops and told us he wants us to be like Step Brothers from the movie. I was like, ‘Yeah, I don’t know about all that!’ [Laughs] Maybe, you never know! But yeah, it was good. The great thing is, we’re extremely competitive so we can feed off each other. He wants to beat me, I want to beat him, so that’s a great thing. As long as we can put things aside and make the bike the best it can be, we will be good.”

Main image by Mitch Kendra