MotoGp, Bagnaia in history: only five have won at least 10 races in a year

Bologna, November 6, 2024 – Pecco bagnaia He probably won't be able to win a third world title in a row, too many 24 points late about Jorge Martin with 37 available in the last GP of Barcelona, but with the victory of Sepang has rightfully entered the history of MotoGP. The reigning world champion has in fact managed to win ten seasonal races, enrolling himself in the Olympus of the discipline together with five other great champions. In fact, there are few who have succeeded in doing so in a single season. Bagnaia has entered a small circle that includes Giacomo Agostini, Mick Doohan, Casey Stoner and Marc Marquez.  

Pecco's Strength and Weakness

Scary names, of cannibal champions who have dominated this sport for years. Among them there is also Pecco bagnaia, capable of winning 10 GPs in a single season, effectively leaving the crumbs to others in the long races. The Sprint Races are a different story, his real Achilles heel. The data are these. Counting only the Sunday races bagnaia would be leading with 345 points, 24 more than Martin who instead turned everything around with the Sprint Race, where he leads with a 48-point advantage over Bagnaia. In short, five zeros on Saturday weigh on Pecco's standings, even though in the end he won a lot there too (seven to six for Jorge). If he doesn't get the title he will have to work on Saturday, but in the meantime he has consolidated his quality as a winning rider, with ten GPs won.

The 5 Champions of the 10 victories

Only five of them succeeded. Giacomo left Agostini, capable of winning eleven races in the 1972 championship and in general at ten seasonal wins for three years in a row. After Agostini we arrived at Mick Doohan who won five world championships in a row in the mid-90s and won 12 Grand Prix in 1997, leaving only three on the road. Doohan's heir, who started from Honda, it was Valentino Rossi with eleven victories in 2001 and 2002 with the gold wing, but also in 2005 with Yamaha. Casey also achieved at least ten victories Stoner, winning the world championship in 2007 with Ducati and in 2011 with Honda. Finally, the one who has won the most in a single season, Marc Marquez who burst onto the MotoGP scene and already in 2014 won 13 times in total, including the first ten in a row. A total and unchallenged domination that only Valentino Rossi he came close to stopping in 2015 with the well-known controversies that then led Jorge Lorenzo to win the world championship. In short, it's still a historic season for Bagnaia, regardless of the rainbow jersey. Last appointment from 15th to 17th November in Barcelona for the Grand Prix of Solidarity after the flood Valencia.

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