Formula 1 breaks the bank and MotoGP exhausts the bets – Start it, for God’s sake!

2023-11-19 20:19:15

Motor day this Sunday that has left us two scenarios, Formula 1 and the Motorcycle World Championshiptotally different, although both nocturnal.

In the first, and at the foot of the most prestigious casinos in the world, Max Verstappen He has won again despite not being the favorite in Las Vegas. The different safety cars, the lack of grip on the asphalt and the great importance of the slipstreams on the main straight have been crucial in a race that seemed more like a roulette wheel where red was the favorite, but in the end the ball stayed in the black.

Once again Red Bull, and again Max Verstappen, pulled an ace out of their sleeve to continue breaking records of points and victories, leaving the crumbs to the rest. Although the Spaniards’ options ended soon, in the first meters, due to the lack of grip in the first corner that caught almost all the drivers by surprise. Above all to Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz, who trumpeted and they stayed at the back of the pack. Despite everything, both drivers managed to come back and get into the points, ninth and sixth respectively, saving the furniture, but both were left behind their teammates, who are always the first enemies to beat.

The lack of success in F1 was compensated a few hours later by the Spanish riders in the Qatar GP, where we not only enjoyed a triple in Moto2, with Aldeguer’s victory, González’s second place and Aarón Canet closing the podium, but again A Spaniard has been proclaimed world champion, in this case in Moto3.

Jaume Masiá He has been crowned in the small category thanks to the victory in Losail and has done it one race before putting an end to the Motorcycle World Championship. After Pedro Acosta achieved it last weekend in Malaysia, once again a Spaniard – and despite the fact that they are not the most beloved in the paddock – has won a title, demonstrating that Spain continues to be a world reference in this sport. The move would be perfect if Jorge Martin won the title in the premier category in the next and last grand prix to be held in Valencia.

The objective is complicated because, despite the fact that the man from Alcobendas managed to cut seven points off the leader, Pecco Bagnaia, after Saturday’s sprint, a defective tire in Sunday’s long race It has caused him to lose a large handful of points and there are once again 21 that separate him from the Italian driver. A definitive race for the interests of the World Cup, where only a fall of the current champion could make Spain win the triplet of titles again after those Masiá and Acosta already have.