First round of four remaining in MotoGP for Jorge Martín against Francesco Bagnaia who continues to lead, but whose Qatar sprint left him reeling and against the ropes. Martinator achieved his eighth victory in the short races on Saturday and combined this occasion with Pecco’s poor fifth place it meant a huge cut of seven points reducing the disadvantage that was he before this test in the middle, to seven, with 62 more. to play.
The Martín-Bagnaia duel started from the first stop, and that fight was won by Martín, with a small touch of the motorcycles included. Both started from the second row, with the Italian fourth and the Spaniard fifth. Only Marini and Álex Márquez reached the first turn ahead of them, but on the first lap things would get complicated for the Prima Pramac rider. He slipped a little and Lenovo Ducati and Márquez took advantage of this to overtake him, at turn 10, a moment before Bastianini, Aleix and Oliveira fell at that point. From there, keep a cool head and come back, slowly, but without stopping.
Before the first crossing of the finish line, the native of Madrid removed Márquez, who dropped back to finish eleventh, and the best of his four passes came in the second lap. He went to Pecco, with a severe blow on the left turn, entering where there was almost no place, with both of them leaning and with the Italian so confused that Di Giannantonio also took advantage of the opportunity to overtake him.
Martinator rested for three laps and in the fifth he launched his precise and definitive attack. In the same turn he overtook Álex Márquez and Marini, the latter in the corner at the entrance to the finish line, a point where many of the overtaking attempts were not put together because the one who passed fell at the exit of the turn. Not him, he consolidated his past and went to victory alone, although what no one counted on was the pressure from Di Giannantonio…
The rider without a motorcycle for next year went up at a pace similar to the sprint winner and two tenths behind, but he could not put the tire on his rival and this perfect sprint for Madrid was not spoiled. in San Sebastián de los Reyes, as a result, showed superiority and a significant reduction in points achieved. It could have been better, as Maverick reached the leader’s wheel, but the Aprilia rider did not get a tire and finished sixth, 0.282 behind the champion, who in turn finished 0.587 behind the fourth place occupied by Álex . Those who closed the points zone were Binder, Quartararo and Augusto Fernández. Marc finished 11th, Raúl Fernández 14th, Pol 16th, Lecuona 17th, Mir 19th and Aleix, who continued to walk after the fall, ended up retiring. It was a bad day for Il Capitano, but he was very happy with his friend Martinator, who described his eighth victory in the sprint as “the best of the year.” That’s why it took Pecco’s chance to mathematically close the title tomorrow and feel that he can be the leader of MotoGP again. The fastest is…
