He overtook Martin at Turn 5 where he crashed yesterday. He confirmed once again that he has nerves of steel
Valencia (Spain) 11/26/2023 – Motogp race / photo Panoamic/Image Sport in the photo: Francesco Bagnaia ONLY ITALY
Bagnaia wins in the cursed Barcelona, after yesterday’s fall. Pecco is world class.
The two-time world champion in a row is a world champion. He won in Barcelona, in the Catalan Grand Prix. Where he had never done better than fifth place. Where last year it fell. And where just yesterday, at turn 5 he went down while he was dominating the sprint race. Today he passed Jorge Martin right in turn 5. He’s world-class stuff. Bagnaia is really very strong. And like all great champions he has nerves of steel. Even though he started the World Championship like this, he is there, in second place behind Martin and with Marc Marquez (third today) very close.
Immense bathing area. Today Marquez discovered the strength of the timid (In Jerez)
And the day came when Marc Marquez discovered that Pecco Bagnaia is a champion. A great motorcyclist. Not a driver who won because the sacred monsters retired or got old. He understood this in his Jerez where Marquez cherished the dream of winning the Moto GP by coming back from the Italian who had remained in the lead after Martin’s crash.
Marquez has not missed opportunities to tease the world champion for some time. He does it systematically. They are what in England they call mind games. Bagnaia doesn’t answer. Because she has another character. He is introverted. Maybe he’s shy. Which isn’t to say he isn’t determined. It is the great misunderstanding that distinguishes shy people in general with a memory worthy of Marsilio Ficino.
Already at the start Pecco showed his talent with the double overtaking in braking immediately after the start. After Jorge Martin’s crash, Marquez nibbled away tenths after tenths. With four laps to go he got within a tenth of a second. The end seemed inexorable. But he crashed into the world champion. In the first overtaking attempt he actually crashed. The shy one bounced it. At three hundred an hour. And then, on the next lap, he overtook him. He set the lap record. At that point Marquez didn’t try anymore. Perhaps he had miscalculated with Bagnaia. It will be good for Marquez to change strategy. Bagnaia has the mental solidity of champions, of thoroughbred horses. Today I’m a thoroughbred horse would have resisted Marquez who in the end had to settle for second place. Excellent placement but it burns. That’s how it burns.
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