In the end, it went the way it was supposed to. «Pecco» Bagnaia is too solid to think of recovering 14 points from him in the decisive match for the assignment of the title. Yet Jorge Martin tried, deploying all the generosity required, but also too much frenzy; the fall and the crying that accompanied it were somehow liberating. Even if he had crossed the finish line first, it’s unclear who could (and would) have come between him and Bagnaia, who sublimated his confirmation on the throne of MotoGP in the way all riders dream of, that is, by winning the race and the title together.
Among the “uses and customs” of the racing world, the saying that “the difficult thing is not so much winning a title, but confirming it” also has a place of importance, a statement permitted only to those who took the title home. Bagnaia entered to be part of the very small club, which for MotoGP boasts only two other members: Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. Just to give an idea, Martin’s defeat confirmed the rule that requires an official rider to be crowned champion and not the standard-bearer of a satellite team, even if the bikes are the same, if the team’s engineers are in the garages of both Home and other ifs and buts as beautiful as they are regularly denied by the facts. Beating the official rider over a distance is extremely difficult, if not impossible, given that it has never happened. Marc Marquez, six times champion of the category, will try next year to break this chain, demonstrating that “it can be done”. seasons, after the injury suffered at the beginning of 2020 and all the physical and technical vicissitudes that followed. To pursue his dream, she left Honda and will ride the Ducati of Team Gresini. Of course, if there is anyone who has the credentials to succeed where until now everyone has failed, it’s him. Bagnaia “thanks”.
After winning his first title, Ducati’s second after 15 years of starvation, as a “gift” he was joined by Enea Bastianini, the Ducati rider who had most managed to put him in difficulty. Now that he has confirmed himself as number one, he finds himself, not exactly at home, but in the same “condominium”, the one that has long been the bugaboo of the category and will do everything to become so again. It’s not within the scope of the manufacturers to bet everything on a single rider, nobody does it unless out of necessity, but at Ducati they have no scruples about putting their number one on the gridiron. Taking Marquez into the team, who leaves Honda for the “Red” is certainly a great satisfaction, but it will be interesting to see how his arrival will affect balance and harmony. A good reason not to miss the upcoming World Cup.
