1. The fall of Fabio Quartararo in the Netherlands.
The rain that brought the French driver to the opening stages of the Assen race was ‘the beginning of the end’. Fabio came off two victories – Montmeló and Sachsenring – built on a brilliant start that allowed him to lead the race and win despite his mechanical inferiority. But in the Netherlands, after setting the second best time in practice, his strategy failed. Seeing how Bagnaia had escaped, his anxiety overcame him, he went to the ground and took Aleix Espargaró out of the way. There in Assen he not only added his first 0 of the season, but he was penalized with a long lap to complete in the next GP, England. After winning at Silverstone last season, in his accounts for 2022 the British circuit was among his ‘safe podiums’, but following the penalty – he was running second and returned to the track fifth – led him to finish the eighth. Since then, Quartararo would return to the podium only twice.
2. The 2022 Yamaha engine fiasco.
In pre-season testing, Yamaha engineers found their 2022 engine unreliable. With no time to fix, they were forced to run in 2022 with their 2021 engine, which was actually from 2020, because their evolution was frozen for two years by the pandemic. In other words, Quartararo fought for the title in 2022 until the last GP with the engine design three years ago.
3. The problems of the 2022 Ducati Desmosedici.
The Borgo Panigale brand has gone wrong with winter work on its 2021 bike. The 2022 version suffered from problems that led those riding last year’s specifications to be more competitive than those who theoretically had better material. It wasn’t until Jerez, the sixth race of the year, that Ducati didn’t give Bagnaia a competitive bike.
4. The preseason.
The two previous keys are partly the result of a shortened preseason, which also included three days at the new Mandalika circuit, where the factories not only had to work without references, but also found conditions -asphalt and road conditions period- which basically rendered those days useless. for the process of setting up the bike for the first GP.
5. Withdrawal by Suzuki.
The announcement after the sixth GP of his decision to withdraw from the World Championship at the end of the season blew up the Suzuki 2022 project. Until then, Hamamatsu’s bikes had been very competitive, with top speeds comparable on, if not higher than, the Ducati. The news fell like a bucket of cold water on the ranks of the team, which automatically lost the competition. The double victory of Alex Rins at the end of the championship – Australia and Valencia – made the decision made in Japan even more incomprehensible.
6. Marquez’s decision.
The championship began, but after eight GGPP he announced that he was retiring to undergo a new operation. He returned three and a half months later, with his bruised arm mended.
7. The Bastianini effect.
Almost more has been said about him than Pecco Bagnaia, for whom Enea was once a real nightmare. With a bike from last year Bastianini started by winning three of the first seven GPs, and later his ambiguity when it came to accepting Ducati’s ‘recommendations’ in favor of Bagnaia, made those responsible for the brand desperate of Italian.
8. Existing equality.
After the gradual departure of the dominant MotoGP riders of the last decade, and the forced departure of Marc Márquez from the scene, parity in the category has been at its highest. A tie that took seven different drivers to win races.
9. The fall of Aprilia.
In a rare start to the season, the Noale factory won its first MotoGP GP with Aleix Espargaró. Together with the Catalan driver they entered the fight for the championship, but in the last sprint of the season they were completely deflated.
10. Transfers in advance.
The dynamic of closing contracts for the next season as soon as the current one begins, cornered in their own box a good number of drivers whose brands cannot share their future plans…Pol Espargaró , Aleix Márquez, Raúl Fernandez, Miguel Oliveira, etc.
Source: La Verdad
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