Point by point challenge
The one between Pecco Bagnaia And Jorge Martin it is the rivalry that is increasingly monopolizing the world of MotoGP. The two challengers are fighting each other for the second title in two years, with the Italian looking for an encore (which would be a consecutive trio also considering 2022) and the Spaniard looking for revenge. After the victory at Motegi, Bagnaia closed the standings to -10 from Martin, now truly putting himself in the wake of the current championship leader.
At the end of the race, before the awards ceremony on the podium, however, the mutual respect between the two contenders emerged: first on the track, with handshakes and mutual applause, and then above all on the back podium, where the two joked about the point-on-point battle point that sees them opposite.
The curtain call before the podium
Chatting in the room where the highlights of the race are shown, Marc Marquez, third place at the finish line, asked the two what the situation was now in the championship: “I’m at -10“, replied Bagnaia. Which then, to Marquez’s observation on how the situation is now “interesting“, he added: “yes but it’s always like this“, as if to say that the oscillation of points between the two is constant and varies GP after GP.
Then came the joke addressed to Martin: “Now Jorge you have to get me to zero and we’ll get to Valencia at zero“. The Spaniard, amused, immediately replied: “I sign eh, I sign!“, demonstrating how the #89 feels strong on its home track, despite Bagnaia’s two victories in the last three years. A genuine and funny sketch that confirms the beautiful human relationship that binds the pair of antagonists who are dominating this era of the premier class.
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