Pecco Bagnaia put the red bike where it belongs and chased away his demons in the Catalunya GP with an unappealable victory, a date that until now had stuck in his throat like few others. The Italian champion led Ducati’s triplet, which once again saw its magnificent three, the contenders for the title, on the podium as in Le Mans. On this occasion, Jorge Martín from Madrid could not match the performance of number one and had to settle for second place, while Marc Márquez once again made another strong comeback, the fourth in a row for him, climbing from fourteenth place to third. position.
The benchmark of the Bologna brand, who had never been on the podium in Montmeló, his best position being sixth in 2020, furiously celebrated a victory marked on the calendar. Last year he had one of the biggest scares of his life after an accident on the first lap where Brad Binder ran over him and from which he emerged, miraculously, practically unscathed. On Saturday, when he led the sprint In the last lap, he fell in the fifth corner and left himself some very valuable points in the fight for the championship. This Sunday, he used the same point to surpass Martín and minimize the damage in the general classification.
With the checkered flag waving, Bagnaia gave a shout-out to the corner where he lost the short race on Saturday, and later admitted that he was pretty pissed. “I was very angry after yesterday,” he commented in the parc ferme. “The start was not easy, because everyone pushed hard, but when they started to falter I came up,” he celebrated. Thanks to his excellent management of the tires and the lack of grip on the asphalt, he was able to leave the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya giving up only one point on the table, where Martín leads with 155 points, with a cushion of 39 points over Bagnaia and 41 about Marquez.
Ducati’s magnificent three were able to get their chests going after the weekend, and the two contenders for the seat next to Bagnaia in the brand’s official team garage staged comebacks. Martín used a good start, from seventh to fourth place, to strengthen his podium options, even trying to escape from the fifth lap. Behind him, Pedro Acosta followed him with sharp fangs, but his youth played tricks on him again and the Murcian ended up on the ground in the eleventh lap, the worst of gifts the day after his birthday. he.
Márquez did not have as brilliant a start as the previous day, but he ended up celebrating like crazy with his audience for a podium of great merit. There are now four races in a row in which he has gained more than ten positions on the track. “Yes you can, yes you can,” the stands shouted at the Catalan, impossible to cover up and his championship pace after his four-year ordeal. “Step by step we have been able to get there, and I am happy, because on a difficult circuit we are among the first again,” he reflected.
In less than a week, the World Championship will return to action at the Italian GP, the home of Ducati, the factory that must decide sooner rather than later who will sit next to the current world champion.
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