Quartararo dominates a MotoGP World Championship in which many of its riders live with the need to get results to ensure a future in the category
MotoGP experiences a similar situation every two years. These are market years. Drivers and teams usually sign biennial contracts, all at the same time, meaning most card renewals or changes coincide at some point. A situation that can influence (and influence) the performance of competitors. 2022 is such a time. This course was only achieved with the certainty that Marc Márquez and Brad Binder had determined the future. The two signed after last signing for four seasons, from 2021 to 2024, including both; and also with the assurance that Franco Morbidelli had his 2023 ready too, after Yamaha confirmed it.
A change of pace that is likely to give the Italian a headache in a few months, in markets that are activating earlier and earlier. And that of 2022 with a surprising variable that has shaken everything: the farewell of Suzuki who left two heavyweights like Joan Mir and Álex Rins without a bike, once their fate was nothing but to renew with the Japanese house. And he left with two bikes less on the 2023 starting grid, encouraging a kind of chair game, with everyone looking at each other out of the corner of their eyes so as not to lose a place in the competition due to a bad move and unexpectedly.
Before the start of this season, Ducati announced the renewal of its number one, Pecco Bagnaia. Another piece posted. And Suzuki’s shock left the current World Champion, Fabio Quartararo, without weapons to negotiate, who flirted with this brand but ultimately had to accept Yamaha’s proposal, which at the moment is completely dependent on his handling. One less in a game with several hot spots (Aprilia also confirmed Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales as she opened the ‘casting’ for its two new satellite bikes). On the one hand Honda. At any other time, most would run away from the worst bike on the grid.
The former category dominator has been at the bottom of the constructors’ standings for many Grand Prix and in Germany he curled the loop of failure as none of his four bikes scored points: Álex Márquez and Pol Espargaró had to retire, the first due to a technical problem. problem, second due to a physical problem, Takaaki Nakagami finished on the floor and Stefan Bradl crossed the finish line in sixteenth and last (something that hadn’t happened since 1982). But despite this, it is believed that Mir will take Espargaró’s place as Marc Márquez’s partner, while many riders have been offered for Álex Márquez’s bike (Nakagami’s is operated by Japan, which is considering climbing to Ai Ogura from Moto2). On the other hand, KTM, another motorcycle that is not very competitive this year, but whose managers are now choosing between all the options they have. The week before the Sachsenring weekend, Jack Miller was confirmed as Brad Binder’s partner, while the current tenant of that square, Miguel Oliveira, assured that he would not continue in the Austrian house, having only offered him a saddle in his satellite structure.
Miller’s move, third on Sunday, is due to the fact that he already knew that Ducati had started a duel of sorts between Jorge Martín and Enea Bastianini to see who would keep his bike. The Spaniard started the year with a lead, but the Italian managed to displace him in 2022 with his three wins. A situation that keeps the two drivers in suspense. A state that all those who do not yet know what will become of them in 2023 live and have lived in, something that is not recommended when competing at the highest level. “The future seemed almost clear, but now the feeling is that we need to understand where I will be next year. Sometimes it’s hard to think about the future to manage the pressure and be one hundred percent focused, but I’ve learned that you can’t get nervous about things you can’t control,” confessed Martin, referring to what’s going on in his head. now from many of the MotoGP riders.
Source: La Verdad
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