MotoGP: Jorge Martín takes a tense French GP and talks about the track again: Jorge Martín takes a tense French GP and talks about the track again | Motorcycling | Sports

Ducati continues to be the reference motorcycle, and now it is also the one with the three best riders on the grid. They were the protagonists of a long and tense French GP, resolved in a heart-stopping last lap in favor of an imperial Jorge Martín, who prevailed over the momentum of Marc Márquez and the almost infallible metronome of Pecco Bagnaia, current world champion. The man from Madrid, when the MotoGP market comes to a boil, continues to accumulate merits on the track to take the seat that the eight-time world champion is also seeking, again colossal with a comeback of eleven places finished off in the last lap, where he did not hesitate to put the bike on number one to repeat his second place in the sprint of Saturday.

Both Martín and Márquez demonstrated tremendous strength in the face of the challenge of overtaking the defender of the crown, who recovered from his disaster in the short race by taking the lead in the first corner. The contender for the throne and runner-up in 2023 was the only one who seemed able to keep up with him in the first part of the race, but he knew how to wait and wait for his moment. The Pramac driver launched his attack six laps from the end, after a long chase of 20 laps without any slip-up. Bagnaia withstood that first challenge in the Dunlop chicane, but the next time he passed through the same curve, the Spaniard had already taken the measure of the suit and consolidated the overtaking.

All this allowed Márquez, the shaker of the order established at Ducati in just five World Cup stops, to get closer to the lead after a brilliant comeback from thirteenth place on the grid. Ambitious but restrained, the eight-time world champion also knew how to wait for the right moment to attack Bagnaia and snatch second place from him, reiterating his arguments for the position that Enea Bastianini, fourth at the finish line, currently occupies in the factory team.

Martín, who celebrated his seventh win in the premier category, his second this season, further extends his margin at the top of the table ahead of Bagnaia, who since the introduction of the new format has been on the podium more than 70% of the time. Sundays. Despite this, the Madrid candidate has already collected more points in the championship in the last two seasons, and it seems that he has managed to strengthen his commitment to long races, until now his only Achilles heel. With the pole record, his twelfth victory at sprint and the closing of the party this Sunday, once again puts everything on its side for the chosen one.

The decision for Gigi Dall’Igna and the Ducati leaders remains just as complicated as before the weekend, and both in terms of results and history, deciding between Martín or Márquez to get on the red bike in 2025 is still a real ordeal .

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