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Tue72022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Gardner criticized Darryn Binder's behavior on the track after the race

After the race, Remy Gardner wanted to talk to Darryn Binder about their duel on the track. He described his premier race in the elite class as a disaster. The racers took part in the duel practically throughout Sunday's race. The Australian, however, managed to overtake his rival only at the end - in the twentieth lap. Despite a point on his debut, the Tech3 racer had higher ambitions. He thinks he could have made it to twelfth place if he hadn’t spent so much time fighting the younger Binder. "Even though we're not where we'd like it to be, it's nice to win the first point. I felt good especially in the start of the race. The final speed itself wasn't as high as I might have expected so it was hard to overtake." “At one point I thought I could catch up with Dovizioso and Vinales, but before

Tue72022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Enea Bastianini dedicated his first victory in MotoGP to the late Faust Gresini

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Enea Bastianini won his first MotoGP victory in Qatar with an outstanding ride, which he dedicated to Faust Gresini, the founder of the Gresini team, who died last year. but he made a mistake when starting and fell to fifth place, then made his way through the race to the forefront. Bastianini contributed a lot to the victory even before the start of the race, when he chose a medium-hard rear tire, while most of the competitors chose a soft one. https://twitter.com/Bestia2006/status/23 "I'm very happy. We already saw great potential in the tests, but when we came here, we took another step forward with the settings and electronics. Yesterday, for the first time in qualifying, I drove to

Tue72022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Espargaro: Honda is back

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After winning third place at the start of the season, Pol Espargaro made it clear: Honda is back Despite good performances in training, the younger of the Espargaro brothers did not fall into the shortlist of favorites to win. But the Spaniard took the lead in the start of the race and took almost two seconds ahead of the pursuers. He held the leading position until the seventeenth lap, when he was first overtaken by Bastianini on the start-finish plane, and after a mistake on braking in the first turn, Brad Binder. Despite the wasted opportunity for the first victory in the elite class, the Spaniard was more than satisfied with the third place. According to him, even without a mistake, he would not be able to fight for victory. However, he proved that the most difficult period of Honda is over. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1500491002515279873 "Di

Tue72022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Jack Miller resigned because of the "lost" Ducati

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Jack Miller explained that he resigned in the race for the Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail racetrack due to problems with engine electronics. The Australian finished qualifying in fourth place and promised a fight for the podium, but after the start of the race there were problems that caused him to fall to sixth in the first lap and then all the way to sixteenth. A Ducati racer revealed that there was an error in the synchronization of the electronics, which lost information about the actual location of the motorcycle on the track. The teams program the control electronics according to the location on the track, so that full throttle in the curved part of the track means a different way of accelerating than on the planes. Miller said that when accelerating in corners, the unit jerked out all the power, and on the planes he added it gradually. "It simply came to our notice then

Tue62022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Concerned Martin: Aprilia was also faster on the plane

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Jorge Martin will undergo a preventive check-up tomorrow in Barcelona due to a fall and pain in his arm. Almost more than a possible injury, after the start of the season, he is worried about his uncompetitiveness in the race to the fall. "I didn't get off the starting line the best. Enea and I almost collided, so I loosened the throttle a little and lost quite a few places. From here, everything just went downhill." An additional problem for him was the fact that he did not manage to overtake Aleix Espargaro on Aprilia on the plane. He also lost a spot against Alex Rins. The race was over for him when Francesco Bagnaia took him with him when he fell on the brakes in the first turn. While sliding in the sand, the Spaniard found himself in a sandwich of both motorcycles. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1500562170517536769 "The first time I really

Tue62022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

After ninth place in the introduction, Quartararo doubts the chances of defending the title

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Fabio Quartararo was understandably not happy after finishing the opening race, which he finished in ninth place. Already after the first race, he strongly doubts his chances of defending the world title. Already in the pre-season tests, the French racer has repeatedly publicly criticized the lack of Yamaha's progress in the powertrain of the new unit. After eleventh place in Saturday’s qualifiers, he managed to gain only two places in the race and finished ninth. Before him, the racers of all the other five motorcycle manufacturers finished. The latter is the main reason why he cannot be optimistic before the season continues. "The fact that we won both races here last year and finished far behind this year is worrying. We started the qualifiers in Q1, the race in the fourth start line, the facts due to ka

Tue62022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bastianini's inaugural race in Qatar

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Enea Bastianini is the winner of the inaugural MotoGP class race in Qatar. He was joined on stage by Brad Binder and Pol Espargaro. The Spaniard led most of the race. Older brother Aleix finished fourth ahead of Marco Marquez, both Suzuki, Peace ahead of Rins and Johann Zarco. Fabio Quartararo started defending the title with ninth place. Takaaki Nakagami finished ten. The race was best started by Repsol Honde racers. Pol Espargaro took the lead at the start of the race ahead of team-mate Marco Marquez. Ducati's racers started a bit worse. Jorge Martin wasted his best starting position and slipped to seventh place. Both Suzuki also started well, Mir quickly moved from eighth place to fourth. Brad Binder took hi from seventh place

Tue62022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bastians are the fastest in the warm-up

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Enea Bastianini set the fastest morning warm-up time (1: 54.519). With second place, Johann Zarco managed to get closer to him. Aleix Espargaro placed third ahead of Miguel Oliveiro and last season's best players Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaio. The fastest from yesterday’s qualifiers Jorge Martin set the seventh time. Franco Morbidelli also finished in the top ten, alongside Suzuki, Rins in front of Mir. Marc Marquez felt the hardness of the Qatari asphalt for the first time this weekend in the tenth turn. Nevertheless, he was able to continue and set the eleventh time. Takaaki Nakagami and Alex Marquez finished just behind him. We saw two more falls - Raul Fernandez and Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Spaniard in the fourth and the Italian in the first turn. As many as 20 racers j

Tue52022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bastianini: The goal is a stage for the winners

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After the first place in the first starting line-up, Enea Bastianini admitted that the goal for tomorrow's race is to get on stage for the winners. The Gresini racer has already drawn attention to himself several times last season, especially in races. He had a few more problems last year when he competed on a 2019 motorcycle in qualifying. This year, however, it got into use last year’s motorcycle specification. According to Ducati's main men, this one is not significantly different from this year's, and Bastianini is doing great with it. The Italian could be so very dangerous in the fight for victories this year. Maybe tomorrow, despite the fact that many racers have shown that they have a very good rhythm for the race. "I am very pleased with the second place. During the winter tests, I worked hard to come to Qatar as prepared as possible," he said.

Tue52022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Marquez: We don’t have the rhythm to fight for victory

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Marc Marquez was pleased with third place in the qualifiers, but believes he doesn’t have the right pace to fight for victory tomorrow. Even before the start of the racing weekend, the Spaniard denied the possibility that he could fight for victory on Sunday, and repeated these words on Saturday. Despite the solid pace he showed in his fourth free practice, his goal for tomorrow is still to get used to and understand the new Honda motorcycle. Possibly, however, he manages to get involved in the fight to get on the winning podium. "I'm happy with today. Most of all with just preparing for the race in the fourth free practice. I had a good rhythm, the lap times were good even when I was completely alone on the track. We'll see how it will be tomorrow. The first race of the new season, many strangers so it will definitely be interesting. " "Even in the morning I was far from n