Officially this Monday the riders on the MotoGP grid are on vacation. They are longer than initially planned after the Sokol appointment in Kazakhstan, originally scheduled for July 9, fell off the calendar. No one does not appreciate this and more specifically any of the 13 official drivers injured in these first eight Grands Prix. Six hits came at Assen to add to the three that caused casualties.
In addition to alex rinsesoperated for the second time on his right leg four days ago, in the near future they will undergo surgery Fabio Quartararo for his broken big toe on his left foot and Jorge Martin due to tibial compartment syndrome dragging the right leg.
The leader came on vacation pecco bagnaia with 35 points Jorge Martin and 36 points to Marco Bezzecchithe three great heroes of these first 8 Grand Prix are the Ducatistas with the permission of the fourth classified Brad Binder now off the hook 80 points behind the defending champion. All races are split between four drivers and all sprints between three.
Bagnaia He won three of the eight Sprints, with the exception of Termas, he was always on the podium in the new MotoGP modality, and four of the eight races, here he was a bit irregular with his three zeros at Termas, Austin and Le Mans . He started to lead the standings in Portugal, Bezzecchi was relegated to second place in Argentina and the Americas and from Jerez he regained the lead by going into the break with the biggest advantage gained.
“It will be a well-deserved rest, but we will also have to work hard to improve for the second part of the championship. I’m not going on vacation, I’m lucky to live by the sea. I won’t do anything special.”
Spanish are second in the World Cup Jorge Martin that he cemented his great streak without stepping off the podium in France, Italy and Germany -two victories in the Sprint and one in the race-. But the only 16 points out of a possible 37 he got in Assen meant that if he had gone in with 16 points compared to Bagnaia, he would have gone out with 35.
Marco Bezzecchithird, obtained victories in Argentina and France that allowed him to lead by 9 points after Termas and by 1 point after Austin and from Germany Martin left him in third place in the table.
The winner of the two Sprints was Brad Binder, who is now fourth overall and who in Assen gave up two third places for a repeat offender when he stepped on the green at turn 8 on the final lap of the same test. And that’s in Austin’s career alex rinses, long injured since Italy, 13th overall, 147 points behind the leader. He remains the first Honda in the table ahead of Nakagami (16th with 34 points) and Marc Márquez (19th with just 15, all sprint points).
After Jorge Martín, second, the best ranked Spaniards are Aleix Espargaró, eighth, 117 points behind Bagnaia, and Alex Márquez, tenth, 131 points, just one point behind the 2021 MotoGP champion. Fabio Quartararo.
The MotoGP Classification
1. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 194 pts
2. Jorge Martin (ESP/Ducati-Pramac) 159
3. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 158
4. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 114
5. Johann Zarco (FRA/Ducati-Pramac) 109
6. Luca Marini (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 98
7. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 79
8. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia) 77
9. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 64
10. Alex Marquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 63
11. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Yamaha) 57
12. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Aprilia) 56
13. Alex Rins (ESP/Honda-LCR) 47
14. Augusto Fernandez (ESP/GasGas) 42
15. Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/Ducati-Gresini) 34
16. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Honda-LCR) 34
17. Miguel Oliveira (POR/Aprilia-RNF) 27
18. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Ducati) 18
19. Marc Marquez (ESP/Repsol Honda) 15
20. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/KTM) 13
21. Lorenzo Savadori (ITA/Aprilia) 9
22. Jonas Folger (FALE/GasGas) 9
23. Raúl Fernández (ESP/Aprilia-RNF) 8
24. Michele Pirro (ITA/Ducati) 5
25. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati) 5
26. Joan Mir (ESP/Repsol Honda) 5
27. Stefan Bradl (Germany/Honda) 5
28. Iker Lecuona (ESP/Honda) 0
Source: La Verdad
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