The keys to the Thai race, by Manuel Pecino

1. The rain

After two days of dry training, this morning it started raining here in this part of Thailand, and that shuffled the cards again. Although in the end it was the two averages, Jorge Martín and Pecco Bagnaia, who took second and first place on the podium, respectively. In the dry or the rain, both are on a different level… There are two GPs left to finish the championship and the swords are on top.

2. Work at the Ducati official team garage after the warm up

Bagnaia finished Sunday morning’s short practice session worried about the bad feeling it left him with going into the race. As the Italian rider explained, the reaction from his box was brilliant, because after a few hours, his bike was perfect in the race… This is the advantage of being in an official team supported by a legion of engineer

3. The rain of Marc Márquez

Marc’s frantic pressure and crash on Bagnaia midway through the race ended with the Catalan driver crashing to the ground in 14th of the 23 scheduled laps. He joined the race again, he was the fastest on the track many times… This time anxiety got the best of him.

4. Márquez’s crash saved Martín

After the race, Jorge explained that he was riding behind Márquez when he crashed. “He entered the corner at the same time, so I fell like him. But the fact that he fell in front of me helped me anticipate what the bike was going to do, saving the fall.”…The processor speed of these riders is incredible.

5. KTM’s behavior on wet asphalt

I don’t know how to explain why, but Austrian motorcycles increase their competitiveness when conditions are like today’s in Buriram. In fact, KTM’s last victory was on this same track in the hands of Miguel Oliveira, in the rain, the same situation that made it win in Indonesia or Austria. Now three KTMs rode for most of the race behind Bagnaia and Martín… The first of them was Pedro Acosta