The Ricardo Tormo circuit will be the scene of the final and decisive round of the World Championship with the MotoGP and Moto2 titles on the line
Nine months of racing and 19 Grand Prix later, the MotoGP World Championship comes alive at the last appointment of the year. The balance is very uneven in favor of Pecco Bagnaia, who is close to his first Premier League title by 23 points. He was already second last year behind the rider who defends the crown in Valencia, Fabio Quartararo. But the Frenchman has one last and only bullet to avoid the Italian wing: he can only win the race and wait for his rival’s puncture. Or which is the same, add the 25 victory points and that Bagnaia is 15th or worse. Mission (almost) impossible for Quartararo.
The Italians and the French take center stage at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, which has sold its top prize under the banner of #TheDecider (the deciding one). Both agreed to the official press conference this Thursday, where both were seen relaxed. One because he is tied to the championship and the other because he lost it. “It’s time to be smart this weekend,” said the World Cup leader. “We managed to come to Valencia with a rental that allows me to comfortably drive the last race, but we have yet to finish it,” he recalls.
Halfway through the season, Bagnaia was 91 points behind Quartararo, so the Frenchman had no choice but to assume his beaten state and face a weekend without undue pressure: “Maybe it’s easier this way because it’s just worth the effort.” is worth winning the race and wait so I’m going into the weekend with nothing to lose Not only is the trend playing against the French Also last year’s results in Valencia give him little hope Then Bagnaia won the race and two other Ducati followed him on the podium.
The Italian factory is closer than ever to fulfilling a dream it has been pursuing since 2007. They have won the last three constructors’ championships, but the biggest game, the drivers, is opposing them. And now, more than ever, they caress it with their fingertips. Team orders are no longer necessary as anything that isn’t a win for Quartararo means the title for his team, so this weekend all Ducatis are coming out to win.
For the rest of the drivers who share the grid with the two drivers who are competing for the title and have no business interests, the weekend will be very different. Aleix Espargaró, who maintained a mathematical chance of becoming champion until the final round in Malaysia, will now fight to keep third in the final standings against another Ducati, Enea Bastianini’s, with whom he is only one point behind. While for Marc Márquez Valencia will be the opportunity to say goodbye to a difficult year with a good taste in his mouth and try to give Honda its first win of the year. It will also be a special Grand Prix for Joan Mir and Álex Rins, the two Suzuki drivers, who will change their environment after Valencia with the departure of the Japanese factory.
Augusto Fernandez’s Dream
If the MotoGP title is practically on the horizon, the end of Moto2 is much tighter, where the leader, Augusto Fernández, will try to make up for the 9 and a half points he has on Ai Ogura. An advantage that allows him to use the calculator during the weekend and mark the Japanese driver, that if he won the race on Sunday, the Balearic driver would be worthy of being on the podium to become champion become.
It will be a special weekend for Augusto Fernández, the most special of his life, as he acknowledged: “The theory is to get through the weekend normally, as if it were another one, but it won’t be easy.” In Valencia he will have the home track factor in his favor and he can’t wait to start his Moto2. «I had waited all week until Thursday to get to the track, because at home you eat your head a lot. I’m already looking forward to starting the weekend and when training starts I want to enjoy the weekend.” For Augusto, becoming world champion would be more than just fulfilling a dream: “It would mean that all the sacrifices my family has done for me, make sense.” The dream of your life closer than ever.
Source: La Verdad
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