The Italian repeats victory with Quartararo in a valuable second place and Márquez, fourth
Two Grand Prix on two consecutive weekends and three winners that were repeated from Sunday to Sunday: Dennis Foggia in Moto3, Raúl Fernández in Moto2 and Pecco Bagnaia, who had made his debut at the top of a MotoGP podium at Motorland de Aragón and that he removed the frustration of having lost the victory in 2020 due to an error in turn six with seven laps to go.
“In the last six laps I was terrified of making the same mistake as last year, he told me ‘don’t fall in turn 6′”, the Ducati man, one of Valentino Rossi ‘s pupils, and the pilot who paid the most attention, was honest. woke up in Misano, leaving aside the unrivaled 46. Because the vast majority of the around 25,000 spectators – the maximum capacity allowed – who attended the Adriatic track did so to say goodbye to their idol, regardless of whether he occupied the penultimate place on the grid. , or finish in seventeenth place.
In the minutes leading up to the start of the event, the fans erupted into an enthusiastic shout and round of applause every time Rossi was mentioned over the loudspeaker. Although that merriment was also significant when the aforementioned was Bagnaia, the author of Saturday’s pole.
“I knew it was very important to start well and push from the start, because with the soft tire the initial grip was better and I also knew that Fabio, with the middle rear, would go faster in the last part of the race, so I basically tried to go fast and constant right from the beginning ”, analyzed Pecco, who came out perfectly and took a mattress higher than second on his teammate Jack Miller at the first step across the finish line.
«I have made the best start of my life, I was training her a lot until I nailed her. When I passed the first lap I saw that I already had a second and I thought it was incredible, and I tried to manage the tires. In the last laps it was very difficult because Fabio was cutting four tenths per lap, but the last lap I managed to do very well, “reflected the Italian after his great victory.
With his choice of tire, it was difficult for Fabio Quartararo, the leader of the World Championship, to catch a cruising speed that would allow him to start the hunt for the escape. In the second turn he lost third place in favor of a fiery Jorge Martín, who would end up on the floor; Until the fourteenth he could not pass Miller, with Bagnaia 2.7 seconds ahead, although the Frenchman began from there to impose a step that allowed him to harass his rival in the last section of the test.
“It is the first time that I have felt so happy with a second place. Not for the championship, but for having given everything, “confessed the one from Nice, who had left with more than 50 points of advantage in the general classification, would have had his first championship ball in the next round of the championship to be played in Austin, United States. United. Now he will arrive with 48 over Bagnaia.
Márquez, the first of those without a prize
«The first square has already left us. It’s hard for me to assume it, but that’s the way it is, “said Joan Mir, sixth, and that he lost fourth place on the last lap after overtaking Miller and Marc Márquez taking advantage of this maneuver to end up being the first of those without award, because the last step of the podium would go to rookie Enea Bastianini, with Ducati, who had a fantastic performance that allowed him to win his first prize in MotoGP.
«I am very happy as I did not expect this type of race at all and to finish fourth. The last overtaking was Mir’s credit, it was not mine, I just saw that he was coming very fast and that’s how it was, he and Miller left a bit long and he was there close, because I smelled that something could happen, and so I have been able to take advantage of it », explained Márquez. “Apart from that it does not matter to finish sixth or fourth because the film does not change us much, but in the end it was a much better race than expected.”
A message of optimism from the Spanish rider at an important moment in his season: for the two-day test this Tuesday and Wednesday that the MotoGP teams will have in Misano, fundamental for Honda thinking about solving their many problems; and for the following Austin appointment, a setting like Germany or the Motorland of Aragón where Márquez is especially effective.
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