Italy’s Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP23) and Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) set out to showcase their mechanics’ full potential on the long straight of the Mugello circuit, which will host the Grand Grand Prix this weekend in the best possible scenario. The Italian MotoGP Award is the sixth scoring round of the special world championship. Only one point separates both drivers, “Pecco” Bagnaia’s 94 against Bezzecchi’s 93Although the first is the Borgo Panigale manufacturer’s official bike, its 1,141m long straight on a track like Mugello gives them a certain competitive edge.
After all, with just five races raced so far, there are five Ducati drivers in the top six on the MotoPG scoreboard, which speaks volumes for the efficiency and “paying power” of Italian prototypes. ie names “Pecco” Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi, Jorge Martín, Johann Zarco and Luca Marini will be some of the references to watch over the weekend in Tuscany. however, special attention will also need to be paid to the potential the new KTM RC 16 can show in Mugello in the hands of South African Brad Binder, who is third on the world championship table, or Australian Jack Miller, who is eighth.
So far, the Austrian manufacturer’s prototypes have taken a significant leap forward in their performance and now need to be backed up in a layout that has Mugello’s distinctive features, with the lines drawn by the Tuscan mountain slopes and its challenging and diversity. bends, ups and downs that force drivers, technicians and engineers to do their best. Besides Ducati and KTM drivers, the Mugello circuit can present an opportunity for Aprilia drivers, as the manufacturer at Noale has a lot of experience and technical data on the track and therefore both Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales can take part in the surprise and fight for victory or at least the podium.
So far, it can be said that the “positive side” of the Italy event has been the protagonists, as on the other side Yamaha and Honda riders who need to come back or step forward to maintain their fighting options will find themselves. world Championship. These are France’s Fabio Quartararo, 2021 MotoGP world champions, and Italian Franco Morbidelli from Yamaha, and Spaniard Marc Márquez and Joan Mir, who have ten world titles between them for Honda.
Quartararo is the one who shows the most “potential” for Yamaha, but he needs “more” from the Iwata factory engineers if he wants to move up from the ninth place he currently occupies in the interim world championship standings. Like In the Quartararo example, Honda drivers Márquez and Mir need more than the technical managers of the Ala Dorada brand. Always taking the leading positions in every race “without putting the man at risk” to rekindle the glory and achievements of the brand, which has always been considered the strongest brand in the history of the motorcycle world championship.
And currently the best-rated Honda driver, another Spaniard, Alex Rins, is in tenth place and in the United States event, with a victory to his credit at Austin, but later accompanied by a series of “Consecutive Zeros” in both Spain and France ‘in. Alex Rins is followed by Aleix Espargaró and Alex Márquez with their new bikes.Gresini’s most effective Ducati Desmosedici GP22 against team Lucio Cecchinello’s Honda RC 213 V is precisely the bike that Rins inherited.
Spaniard Augusto Fernández (Gas Gas RC 16) continues his development as a rookie in the MotoGP world championship on the French Tech 3 team, which also includes his injured compatriot Pol Espargaró, who is still injured and replaced by German Jonas Folger. Pol Espargaró has accelerated recovery times to return to activity precisely in Mugello, but a small but persistent edema in one vertebra is holding him back for now. There is also the Spaniard Raúl Fernández, who has stayed behind and is trying to adapt to the new Aprilia RS-GP.