There is no color. Well yes, the red of ducati. At the moment there is only one champion, a favorite on Saturdays and the same one on Sundays and a bike that is too dominating, the ‘Desmosedici’ of the signature of Borgo Panigale (Italy)which yesterday, in the short race, took the first four places in the race and today, in an almost packed Mugello (130,000 spectators throughout the weekend), again put four of its drivers (‘Peco’ Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, Johann Zarco and Luca Marini) in the first four places overall. And, on both occasions, of course, always led by an impressive Bagnaia, who, even limping, due to the fall of Le Manshad no rival and continues to lead the worldnow with 21 points (almost a victory) over his compatriot Marco Bezzecchi.
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Today’s race only had emotion, as is usually the case in this new era, in the first few laps, when the drivers, using their courage and even pushing, wanted to win a place in the leading group, which since the traffic light went out was led by Bagnaia. Later, Martin and Marc Marquez (Honda), which, based on a lot of effort, balance and risk, tried to follow the Ducatis with an uncompetitive Honda and, in the end, well, almost at the beginning, since it was lap 7 of the 23 that the race had, he went to the ground from folding too much into a long, fast corner. This time there was no miraculous ‘save’, no, just the gesture of the driver from Cervera (Lleida), opening his arms and looking at his Honda as if saying “My God, what a bike they gave me!”
“All Honda riders have to take more risks than the others, that’s why we end up on the ground”
Marc Márquez / Repsol Honda Team Rider
“All of us Honda riders have to take more risks than the others and that’s why many of us end up on the ground,” Marc Márquez commented on DAZN, glassy-eyed and desperate. “I left the line in the curve that I ended up on the ground because I needed to breathe. The errors come from inertia. I once again had problems at the start and I saved the first few laps by a miracle. It hurts me to fall on lap 7 Out of 23, I would have preferred to fall in 21, for example”. And regarding the possibility that this situation ends up forcing him not to fulfill the contract that he has until the end of 2024, Márquez insisted that “I have this year and the one that comes from the contract with Honda and, I insist, I intend to fulfill it, with the same commitment of siemore. If we can’t focus or fight for the top five places in the World Cup, which it seems we can’t, we’ll have to think about the top 10. Luckily, now, we’re going to Germany, one of my favorite circuits, where, next week is coming, I hope everything works out differently”.
The race continued with more showiness behind than in front where Martín, who was running at the same times as Bagnaia, was unable to catch up or overtake the Italian champion. For the third place there was even fight of ‘hermanísimos’ Well, a very fast Àlex Márquez, who had already sentenced his brother, overtook Luca Marini, Valentino Rossi’s stepbrother, but, when he was going straight to the podium, he fell to the ground, also incomprehensibly. And then a sensational Zarco, always coming from behind, took the bronze medal.
Spanish triumphs
“It’s clear that it’s been one of the best weekends of my life,” Bagnaia commented before taking the podium in front of Dorna TV’s microphones. “And it is, firstly because I have been able to run without problems, despite the injury to my right foot and minor pain; secondly, because we have achieved pole position and victory on Saturday and this party on Sunday and, thirdly, because we are at home and we’ve made a lot of our fans happy. Now we’re going to Germany where, maybe, it’s a lot tougher.”
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All this after two great Spanish pilots, Daniel Holgado (M3, KTM) and Pedro Acosta (M2, KTM)who is loved by all the MotoGP teams, except his own, KTMWith a view to racing next year, in MotoGP, they achieved two precious victories before the real stars took to the track. Holgado won on the same finish line and Acosta won big, alone.
Drivers World Cup: 1. ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Italy, Ducati), 131 points; 2. Marco Bezzecchi (Italy, Ducati), 110; 3. Jorge Martín (Spain, Ducati), 107; 4. Brad Binder (South Africa, KTM), 92 and 5. Johann Zarco (France, Ducati), 88.