Five and a half months he once again demonstrated that nothing and no one stops him on a motorcycle. The world champion, a specialist in the new routes, returned to the path of victory with a magnificent victory in the sprint of the Brazilian GP this Saturday. At the renovated and modified Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia, the Ducati rider knew how to play his cards better than anyone else and waited for the second part of the 15-lap test to launch his devastating attack on Fabio Di Giannantonio, who put up a fight but had to settle for second place on a podium completed by Jorge Martín. The Madrid rider, , got into the box for the first time with Aprilia.
With his damn right arm more established, better positioned and more fluid on the Desmosedici, Márquez demonstrated once again that experience is a degree, and no one has more than him when it comes to winning races. It is his 16th victory in the format sprinta fact that equals Martín as the one who has achieved the most victories.
Di Giannantonio left from the pole position like lightning, but he did not manage the tires and had a lead of 1.3 seconds over the 93 in the fifth lap. Behind, the defender of the crown had a fight at the start with a heroic Fabio Quartararo with a Yamaha that is not very happy, but he soon got rid of him to fulfill his race plan. At the halfway point, the difference had gone from second to five tenths, and a slip by the Italian opened the door for Márquez’s final overtake three laps from the end. It also opened the doors of the podium to Martín, very solid and finally in tune with Noale’s machine, as happy as anyone after a magnificent Saturday that began with a fifth place in the qualifying session.
The battle for pole It was bumpy, and the main favorites all went down. Turn four was difficult for most of them, including Márquez and Di Giannantonio. The VR46 Ducati rider surprised everyone by taking the pre-eminent position on the grid for the second time in his career in the premier class. Among those called to fight for the title, Bezzecchi completed the second best time, while the world champion will start in third place on the day his centenary victory may arrive. who could only be ninth on the grid and in the short race and saves the lead by two points for now.
Just after qualifying, some riders detected a hole in the middle of the finish line, although fortunately not in the ideal trajectory of the bikes. When it seemed that the rain would respect the spectacle, the floods experienced on the route throughout the last week hit again unexpectedly. The organization immediately canceled all action on the track and got to work to repair the danger.
“Due to the heavy rains of recent days, a groove appeared on the track surface due to earthworks,” explained Tomé Alfonso, head of safety at FIM MotoGP. The sprint It was delayed one hour and 20 minutes, and the classification sessions for the rest of the categories were moved to late afternoon and early Sunday morning. If there are no more mishaps on the route, the long race will be held at three in the afternoon local (7:00 p.m. in Spain; DAZN).
