The Italians Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP23) and Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) arrived this weekend in the best stage to show the full potential of its mechanics on the long straights of the Mugello circuit, which will host the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix, the sixth scoring round of the specialty world championship.
Almost one point separates both pilots, the 94 of “Pecco” Bagnaia against the 93 of Bezzecchi, which are the same on Ducati tracks, although the first is the official bike of the Borgo Panigale manufacturer, which on a track like Mugello, with a long straight of 1,141 meters, gives them a certain competitive advantage .
After all, with the five Grand Prix contested so far, there are five Ducati riders in the top six positions of the points table, which in itself speaks of the efficiency and “solvency” of the Italian prototypes.
Hence the names “Pecco” Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi, Jorge Martín, Johann Zarco and Luca Marini are some of the references to follow over the weekend in Tuscany, but special attention must also be paid to the potential that the new KTM RC 16 will show at Mugello in the hands of South African Brad Binder, third in the world championship points table, or Australian Jack Miller, eighth.
Until now, the prototypes of the Austrian manufacturer have shown an important step forward in their performance, which should now be endorsed in a layout with the unique characteristics of Mugello, with its lines drawn by the slopes of Tuscan mountains and a demanding and varied. of curves, ups and downs, forcing drivers, mechanics and engineers to do their best.
In addition to Ducati and KTM riders, the Mugello circuit could also represent an opportunity for Aprilia ridersbecause the manufacturer from Noale has a lot of experience and technical data on the track and, therefore, both Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales can star in surprise and even in the fight for victory or, at least, the podium.
So far it can be said that there are protagonists of the “positive side” of the Italian event, because on the other side the riders of Yamaha and Honda will find themselves, having to turn or step forward to maintain their fighting options. the world championship. These are the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, the MotoGP world champion in 2021, and the Italian Franco Morbidelli from Yamaha, and the Spaniards Marc Márquez and Joan Mir, who have ten world titles between them, to Honda.
Quartararo has shown the most “potential” on the Yamaha side, but he needs “something more” from the Iwata factory engineers if he is to advance from the ninth position he currently occupies in the provisional world championships standing.
As in the case of Quartararo, the Honda riders, Márquez and Mir, need more, more, from the technical managers of the Ala Dorada brand to be in the top positions in each grand prix without “being placed the man is in danger” at every moment to revive the glory and achievements of what has always been considered the most powerful brand in the history of the motorcycle world championship.
And it is that at the moment the best classified Honda pilot is another Spaniard, Alex Rins, in tenth position and with victory to his credit, in the event of the United States, in Austin, although he was later joined by a series of ” Consecutive zeros” in both Spain and France.
Right behind Alex Rins were Aleix Espargaró and Alex Márquez with their new bike, the most effective Ducati Desmosedici GP22 of the Gresini team against the Honda RC 213 V of the Lucio Cecchinello team, certainly the bike inherited by Rins.
Spaniard Augusto Fernández (Gas Gas RC 16) continues his evolution as a rookie in the MotoGP world championship within the French Tech 3 team, which also includes his compatriot Pol Espargaró, who is still injured and replaced by the German that Jonas Folger.
Pol Espargaró has accelerated his recovery times to try to return to activity precisely in Mugello, but a small but persistent edema in a vertebra is holding him back for now.
Behind and trying to adapt to his new Aprilia RS-GP is also the Spaniard Raúl Fernández.
Source: La Verdad
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