It was so complicated, it was so difficult, there was so little chance of the carom occurring that it didn’t happen. Before 92,000 fans, who actually attended a rather boring race, in which, from the start, a little train led by the Spanish was built Alex Rins (Suzuki), Jorge Martín (Ducati) and Marc Márquez (Honda)who ended up on the ground in the middle of the grand prix, the Italian Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Ducati)25, ended up becoming the new and brand-new MotoGP world champion, precisely replacing Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), who had to win to repeat the title and the Turin rider did not finish in the top 14.
spectacular comeback
An extraordinary and fabulous Àlex Rins (Suzuki) won, who dedicated a second victory to the Japanese firm, which incomprehensibly leaves the World Cup, while the ‘Devil’ could only be fourth, despite fighting a lot and the favorite and leader, Bagnaia , calmly settled for ninth place, which was more than enough to conquer his second world title and made him the new king of the category, the third different (Joan Mir, 2020; Fabio Quartarro, 2021 and ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia, 2022) after the very champion Marc Márquez (Honda) was injured in Jerez two long years ago.
Bagnaia, highly criticized on Italian social networks because many fans do not consider him a great champion despite having won an awful lot of seven grands prix this year and having overcome Quartararo by 105 points in the last nine races, gives Ducati its first title of riders in 15 years, since the last one was provided by the Australian Casey Stoner, in 2007. And, furthermore, Bagnaia becomes, since 2009, the first Italian to win the MotoGP world champion title, since the last king was Valentino Rossi, who today, like the legendary Giacomo Agostini, was in Cheste (Valencia) to honor the new champion.
words of champions
“The truth is that we couldn’t give Suzuki, with whom I’ve learned a lot over the years, a more precious and more exciting ending, with two victories to close this wonderful time”, admitted Rins, proud of his deed. “Before starting I thought that if I had a good start, I could put up a fight and, yes, I am very happy for myself, for the team, for the brand and, above all, for the 92,000 fans who have supported us in Valencia”.
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“It sounds very good to be a MotoGP world champion,” said Bagnaia before getting on the podium. “My dream, my intention, my proposal, was to finish in the top five, but as soon as the race started I realized that I had many problems with the front end and it was impossible to tame my bike today”, he continued explaining ‘Pecco’. “When I saw that it was impossible to fight with those in front, I changed my mind and thought only of staying in the race, on my feet, and dreaming of the title, a mission that was in my hands. I couldn’t be happier, for myself and , above all, for Ducati, who deserved it”.
MotoGP World Championship: 1. ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Italy), 265 points; 2. Fabio Quartararo (France), 248; 3. Enea Bastianini (Italy), 219; 4. Aleix Espargaró (Spain), 212 and 5. Jack Miller (Australia), 189.