MotoGp, Tardozzi: “Bagnaia pays for too many falls, Martin managed better”

Bologna, 9 November 2024 – Despite ten seasonal victories, like few champions of the MotoGp, I'm sorry bagnaia is one step away from giving up the number one on the hull to George Martin, which will approach the weekend of Barcelona, last of the season, with a 24-point advantage. There are 37 points available and the Spaniard needs not to finish level with Pecco, he would lose due to fewer victories obtained, so he needs 14 points between sprint race and race to win the world championship, obviously if bagnaia should manage to win both on Saturday and Sunday. Otherwise, fewer will be needed. The difference was made precisely in the Sprint, Where Martin he got 48 points more than Pecco, who on the contrary went faster on Sunday and would be in the lead if Saturday were not counted. Too many falls and too many zeros for the official Ducati rider.

Tardozzi: “Martin managed better than us”

Almost a surrender by Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi. The Lenovo team feels the drivers' title slipping away from their grasp, because recovering 24 points in a single weekend is practically impossible unless Martin don't make a mistake. Just think that the Spaniard could win the title already on Saturday if he were to score two more points than Pecco in the Sprint. In short, it is an almost desperate mission for the official Ducati and this is clear from the words of Tardozzi to As: “Martin managed the championship better than us – his comment – ​​Bagnaia is strong but seven falls are too many and despite ten victories there is a 24 point gap. All this says that Pecco is very fast but also Jorge, who is a champion. Congratulations to him”. There is still one last weekend to run and the hope of Tardozzi is that Martin e bagnaia can still provide a show like in Sepang. Both have raised the level of Moto GP and with everything that happened in Valencia the fans also deserve two days of entertainment and distraction from the flood disaster. The thought of Tardozzi: “They were two champions and whoever wins the title will have deserved it, they raised the level. I hope that in Barcelona they will be able to pay homage to Valencia with another great race like the one in Sepang to dedicate to those who are suffering so much”. The appointment is from 15 to 17 November in Barcelona on the Montmelo track, with starting time at 15pm for the Sprint Race on Saturday and at 14pm for the long race on Sunday. Pecco has the desperate mission of recovering 24 points of delay with 37 available: the world championship is therefore close to the Spaniard, who will leave Ducati at the end of the season to go to Aprilia after Borgo Panigale's decision to promote Marc Marquez and not him on the official Desmosedici. Read also - Liberty Media wants to close the purchase of Moto GP: a billion dollars ready