MotoGP Thailand, Bagnaia dances on the water: he wins and goes -17 behind Martin. Marquez went down

The answer of the world champion! Francesco Bagnaia absolutely had to win and he did. In Thailand the Ducati Piedmontese won third in the final GP in a championship that is set to experience a fiery end as Jorge Martin proved himself a tough nut to crack this weekend as well, earn two points in Saturday’s Sprint. But Pecco, who started this family doctor with the great psychological burden of 22 points behind his rival, and the need not to make mistakes, on a dangerous path due to the rain that fell before the start, had half good And so now the two-time MotoGP champion has brought the deficit back to 17 points. Sepang and Valencia decide everything. Today a decision has been reached, with world champion Ducati among the teams. On the podium was Pedro Acosta with GasGas and Fabio Di Giannantonio was excellent in fourth place.

personality

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Bagnaia won with personality because in wet conditions everyone was again waiting for the push of Marc Marquez. Of course it didn’t take long to show up. But halfway through the race the Spaniard fell just as he was trying to get in front of Pecco, who responded twice with great determination in two attack attempts: crossing tracks and the Ducati Gresini of champion the eight-time world rejected. On lap 14, Marquez overtook him and killed himself, ending up on the ground in turn 8. From that moment on, it was just management for Bagnaia until the finish line. But also after winning a melee with the most famous and expected driver in these track conditions the second victory for our champion, no less important.

shooting martin

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Martin fought particularly hard at the start, with an electric start with which he immediately took the lead, putting Bagnaia strongly behind. But the advantage didn’t last long. On the fifth lap he made an obvious mistake when braking around turn 3, he had to extend his route off the track and fell back to third place. At that moment his confidence vanished. It is time to understand that Bagnaia and Marquez were not accessible, Martinator decided to settle. Sensibly, as the risks of a crash today were high and with 17 points with two races to go, while not an absolute guarantee, it is still a huge advantage. With one more factor: if he always finishes second between Sprints and races, he will be champion by just one point.

Fallen Italians

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Pedro Acosta had a good race, patiently building a comeback that materialized in the final laps, with two exciting attacks on the KTMs of first Binder and then Miller. And Fabio Di Giannantonio did, fourth place at the finish line. It didn’t go so well for Enea Bastianini, who crashed, and for Franco Morbidelli, who was placed on the fourth lap heavily charged by Fabio Quartararo, which caused the Frenchman to fall and receive a penalty. Then, in an attempt to recover after the fall, he slipped. Marco Bezzecchi and Lorenzo Savadori also fell. In seven days the MotoGP will return to the track in Sepang, Malaysia.