Today's race was incredible, with highs and lows. It kept me on the edge of my seat!
Too bad for Quartararo. Ducati seems to be not as dominating as before, but there is not a single strong challenger - so Marc Marquez and Ducati seem to still have it under control.
Both the Silverstone Sprint and Race were full of suprizes. Worth the time to watch. The race restart was very interesting, yet (no spoilers) some got big benefits. And yes Quat. + 1. Looking forward to watching his next race. I also thought it great for Zareco + Quat: Honda and Yamaha, making strides to equal Ducati's "dominance".
Pecco essentially admitted that Marc has the same problems with his bike, but Marc manages to deal with it. Great showing BTW by Bezzechi. Good to see him back on top. Hope it's not a one time thing because of the Silverstone track where Aprilia always has performed well.
Thank goodness for DVRs/ tapeing. I watched sprint and race 5 days after they occurred. M Mar dominated everything. I am so impressed. Surgeries, all the crashes, still perhaps the best. Yes get for Bag. About time he got on the podium. Interesting comment on adjusting to the bike. Deeper research on the 'net might give us insights. Racing for 3 & 4 was exciting. On bike camera for this would be cool for us to experience. And where was Honda and Yamaha? They had been making great improvement lately That was my race comments. LOL can't recall the intrcencies of he sprint to comment LOL
Today was thev sprint of the Italian GP at the Mugello (btw, Ferrari Corso Pilota was at this track some times ago - I did it in 1998, Andrea de Adamich was still running it...) Spoiler: another podium for Bagnaia, but the Marquez brothers (in the expected order) are still at the top.
There is an interesting theory about Bagnaia’s recent changes. It runs: with the larger front brake disc they’ve added some weight to the front, something that brings the GP25 closer to the balance of the GP24, which had the ride height device pump/reservoir in the bike’s ’nose”. The GP25 relocated it to the back, which shifted weight rearward. Adding the weight back helped Pecco re-find his “feel” and something closer to the balance he enjoyed last year. As for Marc, we’re getting a reminder of just how good, how talented a rider he truly is. The GP25 is a flawed bike - it can even catch him out — but he’s riding around the issues and making dominating MotoGP look easy. I’ll add something that is probably only interesting to me. How appropriate that Fabio Quartararo’s helmet this weekend features “toothless” the dragon. His M1 “dragon” is, sadly, also toothless. He deserves better.
Marc Marquez now has 93 wins in all classes as he wins the Italian GP. Tweet— Twitter API (@user) date
Bagnaia is in the fight again (compared to the beginning of the season when he was nowhere), but unfortunately for him it's still not enough. Marc Marquez remains the undisputed leader; Alex is also impressive considering he's in a "satellite" team. Ducati is not yet really challenged, in spite of Aprilia and KTM fighting - Yamaha and Honda are no threat, although they seemed promising at times.
Last year Jorge Martin became World Champion at Pramac, he wasn't a factory rider either. Ducati was so eager to get Marc Marquez, that they lost a brilland satelite team, and a World Champion !
... but it's likely that Marc Marquez will be champion this year; and with Gresini and VR46, they're not short of good satellite teams either.
Ducati would probably still be champion this year, I figure, if they had given a factory bike to Pramac for Martin, or promoted him to the factory team alongside Bagnaia. Instead, they prefered to unroll the red carpet for Marc Marquez to save his career, and sacrificed Martin and Bagnaia. I don't understand that blatant lack of loyalty towards 2 riders who have won titles for Ducati, and prefering to deal with "the enemy".
Italy, just watched the Sprint and Race. All I can say is both events' first 5 laps were "racing". Awesome.
Now in the Netherlands - Quartararo on pole, but the Sprint was not as good for him. The Marquez brothers are still at the top, and Bagnaia seems to be still struggling in spite of a promising qualifying; we'll see how the race turns out tomorrow.
Eventually a podium with another make than Ducati... With Alex Marquez's injury, and Bagnaia still unable to be a direct challenger, Marc Marquez seems on the way to win the championship (although there are still many races).
Alex injury, too sad. Broken, left hand area I heard. Ouch Come on Bag, you have the talent/ skill. And Quat, short-term brilliance; is it the bike "fading" over the long terms? M Mar, the old man LOL, I love it. Great to see some other non-Duc brands running toward the front. Again Alex injury, that just "sucks", best wishes Alex, as if you read Ferrari Chat
