The Italian, who will start eighth, only needs to finish in the top 14 in Cheste or the Frenchman, who will start fourth, will not win
Only a disaster, the misfortune of all misfortunes, the greatest misfortune in the history of sport could leave this Sunday (2:00 p.m., DAZN) without the MotoGP World Championship to Pecco Bagnaia. His advantage plays in his favor, since he has 23 points over fabio quartararo and, therefore, it is enough for the Italian to finish among the first 14 in Cheste, but such an exaggerated income is not his strongest argument.
Surely the certainty of his success stems from variants that are alien to him. Even on a bad day, even with a mistake, a fall or an accident, Bagnaia should celebrate her first title in the premier class. Because to avoid it, Quartararo must win and the Frenchman seems far from opting for it. This Saturday, in qualifying, he placed fourth, again outside the front row, behind Jorge Martin, Marc Mrquez y Jack Miller. To win, he must beat the three, who have nothing at stake, and who also have a higher top speed than him. A complicated task.
But even if Quartararo comes back and even if Bagnaia fails, the Italian will have only one protection: his teammates, his friends. The Ducati riders, the majority on the grid, seven in total, have already shown throughout the season that they will let him pass if necessary and some of them have had a brotherly relationship with him since childhood. hard to imagine Luca Marini y Marco Bezzecchi, members of the VR46 Riders Academy that Bagnaia now leads, denying him a position or, even more so, doing anything but standing aside.
His role can be important in the event of misfortune, as well as that of other adversaries who, even if they wanted to, could not stop Bagnaia either. Despite the fact that the MotoGP World Championship has reached historical equality, in practice the leader of Ducati has proven to be a second faster than riders like Darryn Binder, Ral Fernandez, Cal Crutchlow o Takaaki Nakagami and they will hardly stop their evolution in a possible comeback. The Italian, in fact, despite his nerves, placed eighth on the grid, a more than sufficient position.
Bagnaia has everything to be a champion and the reasons against him are few. Perhaps his irregularity during the season, the doubts he has shown this weekend-“I lack some confidence”, he assured- or the difficulties in overtaking that Cheste presents. But with so much advantage and so much help from him, only a setback could leave him without the MotoGP World Championship this Sunday.
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