Iker Lecuona on dirty air challenges in his first MotoGP Sprint since 2023

Lecuona's return to MotoGP machinery after a stint in WorldSBK puts him in an interesting position: he's not a rookie, but the current generation of aerodynamic packages has moved on since he last raced at this level. The dirty air problem he's flagging isn't new to MotoGP, but it lands differently when you're re-learning a bike mid-race rather than managing a known quantity. His Ducati debut gives him credibility here — this is a rider with a reference point, not someone adjusting expectations downward. How quickly he adapts to the aero-driven following distance calculus will tell us more about his ceiling on this machinery than the lap time alone.