Bagnaia makes title statement with victory in Jerez
After a recent drought for the young Italian, Francesco Bagnaia lead from the start to hold off Fabio Quartararo to take his maiden victory of the season.
After a recent drought for the young Italian, Francesco Bagnaia lead from the start to hold off Fabio Quartararo to take his maiden victory of the season.
Enea Bastiainini took his first-ever MotoGP victory in an action-packed season opener at the Losail International Circuit ahead of Red Bull KTM’s Brad Binder and Honda’s Pol Espargaro, who led the way for the majority of the race.
The Losail International Circuit once again hosts the MotoGP season opener and will without a doubt begin another exhilarating year of racing.
The start of the 2022 MotoGP season gets underway under the lights in Qatar this Sunday as reigning champion Fabio Quartararo looks to defend his maiden crown against the Ducati squadron who look to be fierce challengers this year.
Fabio Quartararo was frustrated during the three winter tests at Jerez, Sepang and Mandalika. The 2021 MotoGP champion has stated that the power coming from his Yamaha YZR-M1 isn’t enough for him to be able to defend his title.
The Spaniard, entering his second season in the famous colours of the Repsol Honda team, topped the combined timesheets in Indonesia with a fantastic 1:31.060, ahead of reigning champion Fabio Quartararo and Mooney VR46’s Luca Marini.
Enea Bastianini, who was impressive throughout 2021 with many impressive performances, topped the combined timesheets with a new lap record.
The thrilling 2021 MotoGP season saw Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo clinch his maiden title with three races to spare ahead of Francesco Bagnaia and 2020 champion Joan Mir.
Francesco Bagnaia won the final round of the 2021 MotoGP season in Valencia as Valentino Rossi hangs up his leathers after a fantastic 10th place finish.
Francesco Bagnaia impeccably converted his pole position and returned back to winning ways at the picturesque Algarve International Circuit with Suzuki’s Joan Mir in second and Jack Miller in third.
Repsol Honda clinched their first 1-2 finish in four years at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with Marc Marquez clinching the win ahead of Pol Espargaro.
Marc Marquez won his third race of the season after he piled pressure onto Francesco Bagnaia all race long. The Italian crashed late on which handed the title to Fabio Quartararo at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez led from turn one to the flag as he dominated the American Grand Prix. The Spaniard finished ahead of Fabio Quartararo in second and pole-sitter Francesco Bagnaia in third.
The Ducati man took glory at Misano for the second race in succession as he held off Fabio Quartararo, with Avintia’s Enea Bastianini coming home in third to clinch his maiden MotoGP podium.
The Italian clinched his maiden MotoGP triumph as he held off Marc Marquez in some style. The duo pushed each other all race long with the dramatic race-long battle culminating in an intense three-lap face-off.
The Yamaha man dictated the pace at Silverstone all weekend long and in doing so extends his Championship lead to 65 points. Quartararo was joined on the podium by Alex Rins and Aleix Espargaro who finished second and third respectively.