From being a three or four-way World Championship, MotoGP is gradually becoming a boxing match between Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martín, just as the 2023 championship entered the Red Bull Ring as the leader with three points to Bagnaia and left Bagnaia with five points on Martín after signing the double of victories ahead of his opponent. And the first 11 Grand Prix of the championship have been completed and nine more to go.
And they have marked the distances to third place combined with Enea Bastianini, third this Sunday, 56 points behind Martín and 61 points behind Bagnaia. And it loses steam against the Ducati GP24 army Marc Marquezafter his zero on Saturday and his fourth this Sunday despite saving tools after a rough start to Sunday’s race when the holeshot didn’t go in at the start. One from Cervera is 83 behind the leader and 22 out of the third place he had going into the holiday break.
Pedro Acostaonly 13th in a difficult weekend at one of its top circuits, lost its status as the best KTM in the classification when it was overtaken this Sunday in the table for sixth place by the theoretical leader of the Mattighofen ranks Brad Binder , now three points ahead. The top-5, and status of the best among non-Ducati riders, remains in the hands of Maverick Viñales, seventh this Sunday.
MotoGP classification
1. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 275 pts
2. Jorge Martín (ESP/Ducati-Pramac) 270
3. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Ducati) 214
4. Marc Márquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 192
5. Maverick Viñales (ESP/Aprilia) 139
6. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 128
7. Pedro Acosta (ESP/GasGas-Tech3) 125
8. Aleix Espargaró (ESP/Aprilia) 113
9. Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 104
10. Alex Márquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 98
11. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 73
12. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Ducati-Pramac) 73
13. Miguel Oliveira (POR/Aprilia- Trackhouse) 55
14. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 49
15. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 47
16. Raúl Fernández (ESP/Aprilia-Trackhouse) 46
17. Augusto Fernández (ESP/Gas Gas-Tech3) 16
18. Johann Zarco (FRA/Honda-LCR) 14
19. Joan Mir (ESP/Repsol Honda) 13
19. Takaaki Nakagami (JAP/Honda-LCR) 13
21. Alex Rins (ESP/Yamaha) 8
22. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/KTM wild card) 7
23. Pol Espargaró (ESP/KTM wild card) 6
24. Luca Marini (ITA/Repsol Honda) 1
Source: La Verdad
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