A replay of 2023
One year ago Francesco Bagnaia And Jorge Martin they competed for the title until the grand final in Valencia. During the season, the fall of Francesco Bagnaia in Barcelona was decisive for the reopening of the world championship discussions, an injury that could have been much more serious, but which still forced the reigning champion to run ‘in plaster’ (euphemism, Paolo Ciabatti then declared that the Italian driver’s leg bled for a long time) for several events following the one held in Catalonia.
In 2024 the situation is different. Francesco Bagnaia won significantly more than Jorge Martin, but the latter’s world championship candidacy arrived on the ‘desk’ right from the first races to the point that the Spaniard even had more than 40 points ahead of the rest of the competition. With four races to go the two are separated by 10 points in favor of the Spaniard. “Interesting” Marc Marquez’s comment in the rear podium on the issue, with Bagnaia commenting “It’s always like this, can we get even with Valencia Jorge?” with Martin signing for a grand final at home on equal points with his rival.
Davide Tardozzi he declared that from his point of view a fair deal would be needed for what we have seen so far on the track, a ‘gold medal’ for both of them as happened for example at the Tokyo Olympics in the High Jump between Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim . The MotoGP regulations, however, do not provide for this and with the same points, the victories in the GPs with Francesco Bagnaia in clear advantage would decide. “I don’t know who is stronger between Bagnaia and Martin and the title will be decided by many things, including luck – declared Tardozzi reached by the Spanish newspaper AS – there will be many decisive things and this championship can be decided by any mistakefrom bad luck, from a driver who hits you at the start. Anything can happen. The only thing that’s clear to me is that these two guys are doing an incredible job at the moment. They are so good that I believe this year the title should be ex aequo, shared between the two of them. At the moment they both deserve it.”
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