Cheste decided the MotoGP title for the fifth time

For the first time since 2020, the final event of the year will distribute two drivers’ titles. In that campaign marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Portuguese GP closed in Portimao and Albert Arenas (Moto3) and Enea Bastianini (Moto2) were declared champions there. The last time two titles were shared at Cheste in that final GP was in 2015 when Danny Kent in Moto3 and Jorge Lorenzo in MotoGP went for their crowns.

Before this Sunday and with the current scoring system since 1993, 30 crowns were awarded in the final race of the championship in three categories: 9 in 125cc and 4 in Moto3 for the smallest, 9 in 250cc and 3 in Moto2 regarding the intermediate and one in 500cc and 4 in MotoGP regarding the queen.

And for the fifth time the queen category will be decided in the final round and Cheste, a campaign in which Enea Bastianini, Aleix Espargaró and uninterrupted from Portugal to Thailand Fabio Quartararo went through the leadership, who lost to Australia after being wiped by Pecco Bagnaia. a 91-point deficit in eight races. In the absence of the last race of 2022, he arrived with a 23-point advantage after the most brutal comeback in MotoGP history and with the most comfortable match-ball of all MotoGP championship conclusions in Cheste.

Since 1949, the first year of the motorcycle world championship, the crown has been decided 19 times in the final round, six of them with the current scoring system which has remained unchanged since 1993. One is still in the 500cc for Kevin Schwantz – although in practice it was at Misano with two races to go following Wayne Rainey’s sad accident that ended his career–. It was a weekend in Jarama where three crowns were shared, that of the Suzuki legend and also in the 125cc for the Raudies and the 250cc for Harada.

2006: VALENTINO ROSSI VS. Nicky Hayden

Already in the MotoGP era, being in the lead doesn’t always mean an advantage. And if not, ask Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi, the two riders who risked the crown in 2006 at the last Cheste appointment. The unlucky ‘Kentucky Kid’ lost his MotoGP lead in the previous race due to friendly fire from his teammate Dani Pedrosa. Everything was in favor of ‘Dottore’, he had an 8-point advantage, he had a streak of five consecutive podiums, he started from pole position and his rival was fifth. But it all went wrong with a bad start and he fell to seventh place with Hayden second and on the fifth lap he crashed. He rejoined but missed out on 13th and Hayden took the title in his third by five points.

2013: MARC MARQUEZ VS. JORGE LORENZO

2013 was again resolved in the final race between two Spanish drivers, the amazing rookie Marc Márquez and the two-time champion Jorge Lorenzo who is defending the crown. For Repsol Honda it was his third match-ball and he arrived with a 13-point advantage, the fourth was enough even if Lorenzo won, that’s what happened. He did not enter the Balearic rag and his approach was too far from regulation – which ended up sanctioning him with a point on the license – and he entered third behind Lorenzo and Pedrosa.

2015: VALENTINO ROSSI VS. JORGE LORENZO

Two years later, Valentino Rossi lost another MotoGP crown in the final race at Cheste, where he arrived with a 7-point lead and the handicap of a last-start grid penalty for his unsporting behavior. behavior in the Sepang Clash with Marc Márquez. . The Italian climbed back to fourth position, but it was not enough against Jorge Lorenzo who won the race ahead of Repsol Honda riders Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa and rounded the table by five points.

2017: BRAND MARQUEZ VS. ANDREA DOVIZIOSO

In 2017 it was Marc Márquez who arrived with a comfortable 21-point lead over Andrea Dovizioso in his second ‘match-ball’. Dovi had to win and 11th was enough for him. But the Italian was never in a position to win, despite the help of his teammate Lorenzo, and also the two Ducatis fell with six laps remaining, in a Sunday remembered for the famous Ducatista who ‘suggested mapping 8’, a team order to all. rules to Lorenzo that didn’t help. After miraculously saving the fall seven from the end and despite leaving the track, he ended up coming in after Pedrosa and Zarco

THE CHAMPIONS AT THE LAST GP

*in the current scoring system (since 1993)

125cc (9)
1993 Dirk Raudies (Ale) FIM/Jarama
1996 Haruchika Aoki (Jap) Australia/East. stream
1999 EMILI ALZAMORA (ESP) Argentina/B.Aires
2001 Manuel Poggiali (SM) Brazil/Jacarepagua
2002 Arnaud Vincent (Fra) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2005 Tom Luthi (Sui) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2007 Gabor Talmacsi (Jun) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2010 MARC MÁRQUEZ (ESP) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2011 NICO TEROL (ESP) C. Valenciana/Cheste
 
MOTO3 (4)
2013 MAVERICK VIÑALES (ESP) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2014 ALEX MÁRQUEZ (ESP) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2015 Danny Kent (GBr) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2020 ALBERT ARENAS (ESP) Portugal/Portimao
 
250cc (9)
1993 Tetsuya Harada (Jap) FIM/Jarama
1994 Max Biaggi (Ita) Europe/Montmelo
1996 Max Biaggi (Ita) Australia/Eastern Creek
1997 Max Biaggi (Ita) Australia/Phillip Island
1998 Loris Capirossi (Ita) Argentina/B.Aires
2000 Olivier Jacque (Fra) Australia/Phillip Island
2003 Manuel Poggiali (RSM) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2006 JORGE LORENZO (ESP) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2009 Hiroshi Aoyama (Jap) C. Valenciana/Cheste
 
MOTO2 (3)
2011 Stefan Bradl (Ale) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2020 Enea Bastianini (Ita) Portugal/Portimao
2021 Remy Gardner (Aus) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2022 FERNÁNDEZ (ESP) or Ogura (Jap) C. Valenciana/Cheste
 
500cc (1)
1993 Kevin Schwantz (USA) FIM/Jarama
 
MOTOGP (4)
2006 Nicky Hayden (USA) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2013 MARC MÁRQUEZ (ESP) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2015 JORGE LORENZO (ESP) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2017 MARC MÁRQUEZ (ESP) C. Valenciana/Cheste
2022 Bagnaia (Ita) or Quartararo (Fra) C. Valenciana/Cheste