After a year and a month, Marquez is back on pole for the Sprint in Jerez and the public is immediately delirious. A delirium that culminates in a roar with six laps to go when Marquez passes a spectacular Martin who had flown away in a solitary escape.
Then the great disappointment for the Spaniards because Marquez stretched miserably with 4 laps to go. A disappointment shared with the fans of Bagnaia, Di Giannantonio, Vinales and many others: this Sprint was the festival of crashes: 11 riders crashed in so few laps had never been seen before.
And the order of arrival, apart from the first two very deserved positions (J.Martin and P.Acosta) shows us the sensational result of the massacre of falls: Quartararo third, Pedrosa fourth and then Morbidelli, Fernandez, M.Marquez (who got up by pure luck), Fernandez, Oliveira and Mir.
However, the news today is different. And to find it, just scroll through the world championship rankings: now Martin is taking off at 92 points and Bagnaia remains stuck at 50. Yesterday Pecco said that he wasn’t worried about the gap in the rankings. Today he certainly thinks differently…
