Bagnaia wants to keep pressure on Quartararo to rule Phillip Island

However, they are not the only ones, although they were barely separated by two points as Spaniards after the chaotic Thai Grand Prix at the Buriram circuit. Alex Espargaro (Aprilia RS-GP) is 20 points behind the leading duo, Italy’s Enea Bastianini (Ducati Desmosedici GP21) 39 points and one behind, Australian Jack Miller (Ducati Desmosedici GP22).

Jack Miller is exactly the right name everyone’s been betting on in this season finale, even though his teammate “Pecco” Bagnaia is in the best position when it comes to “home racing”.

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the power of Ducati

But there is a weighty argument for all, mighty “Ducati Armada”With up to eight bikes in the starting lineup, it’s capable of causing surprises at any time and on any track.

Fight should focus on Quartararo and Bagnaia, but Miller reaches Indian route grew up with his performance in the last Grand Prix and also for being newly married to his girlfriend Ruby and always having the support of countless local fans.

After two years in which the country was shut down “hard and fast” due to the global coronavirus pandemic, forecasts show: With his best pilot, the public will be completely turned upside down. MotoGP, especially knowing that he was the one with the most points in the last three Grand Prix ever played, passing from Aragon to Thailand, through Japan.

While Miller won’t be the only contender, the rest of Ducati, including the Spaniards, may have a lot to say in this fight and a fast and technical circuit like Phillip Island. Marc Marquez The (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) comes with the added incentive of having a track that he loves so much, that he knows what it means to win, plus, in theory, he’ll have a host of new parts at his disposal. Develop motorcycle thinking in 2023.

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Quartararo’s slight advantage

It would not be fair to set aside the true leader and current champion of the championship, the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo. Two points ahead of Bagnaia and the Yamaha YZR M 1 has to be one of the riders if he’s able to get the most out of his tuning fork brand’s motorcycle, despite arriving on a track that isn’t optimal for his conditions. take into account.

In addition to Quartararo and Bagnaia, Spaniard Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP), “bored” by all Ducati drivers, ready for a good result at any moment and should be third in the fight for the championship lead, and the situation is increasingly stronger Marc Márquez In addition to .

And we can’t forget Spanish Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP), who won this stage in 2018 and put an end to a long Yamaha drought, and then became the only rider to stay close to Marc Márquez in the 2019 world title fight. , although it now comes with the Noale prototype, gradually shows greater adaptation.

An unknown circuit for a few pilots

In any case, the experience will become a core asset on Phillip Island, where it hasn’t been operated since 2019 and there are several pilots who have never ridden on that beautiful runway off the coast of the Tasman Sea. The first lap is South African Brad Binder (KTM RC 16), Spaniard Alex Márquez (Honda RC 213 V), Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (KTM RC 16), who was not riding at the time due to injury, or Fabio Quartararo himself, who crashed.

Although a special incentive has not developed a not-so-bright season, it is also the Australian Remy Gardner (KTM RC 16) and Spaniard Joan Mir (Suzuki GSX RR), who is traveling to Australia to test the impact of his recovery from an ankle injury in Austria and has been keeping him in the pool ever since, but the Australian circuit is too much for Palma de Mallorca. one of the good memories because in this scenario he won his first world title Moto3 in 2017.

Teammate, alex wash (Suzuki GSXRR) will be another one of the pilots to considerThe Catalan has a clear goal, to try to bid the Japanese brand a victory before the season ends and join the ranks of Honda in Lucio Cecchinello’s team.

France’s Johann Zarco or his Pramac partner Spain’s Jorge Martín are other contenders to consider, both in the battle for victory and in scoring points from the championship contenders, as he owns the mighty Ducati Desmosedici GP22 and owns the mighty Ducati Desmosedici GP22. He showed that he is qualified to reach the top step of the podium.