Bagnaia no option in Mugello

The calendar advances and the ups and downs of some continue. At Le Mans, two weeks ago, Bagnaia crashed when fighting Enea Bastianini for the lead in the race. In Italy it was the Beast, the great surprise of this championship, who was unable to cross the finish line due to a roll (lap 14) while trying to hunt down the front group, led by Pecco.

Unlike what happened in France, the Turinese did not lose focus against his countrymen for his luck and that of Ducati, who won again at home after Quartararo’s affront in 2021.

The current world champion defended himself wonderfully in a scenario that was not conducive on paper for his Yamaha, especially among the swarm of Ducati that surrounded him. Chapeau for the Devil, who strengthened his status as leader and increased his advantage at the head of the general table.

If the boy from Nice saved the furniture in an extraordinary way, almost more relevant than that was the ‘carrerón’ of the eldest of the Espargaró brothers, capable of keeping three Desmosedici at bay based on skill and courage. This is the fourth consecutive podium for the Aprilia captain, something that only two members of the current MotoGP grid have achieved: Marc Márquez and Andrea Dovizioso.

Johann Zarco went from less to more and crossed the finish line in fourth, even though the Frenchman could not fight to get on the box in any case – he crossed the finish line 2.5 seconds behind the winner – while fifth place went to Marco Bezzecchi, very fiery during the first third of the race and who, little by little, was losing energy.

Luca Marini, his neighbor in the VR46 team workshop, finished sixth, ahead of Brad Binder, the first of the KTM riders, and Takaaki Nakagami, the first of the Honda riders.

Miguel Oliveira finished ninth, while Márquez said goodbye to this course with a top ten, before leaving to operate in the United States next week.

The weekend was a total ruin for Suzuki, who saw Joan Mir and Alex Rins go down on the same lap, lap seven, while they were bottled up in the pack. Jorge Martín, for his part, was 13th, immediately ahead of Alex Márquez (14th).

2022 MotoGP Italian GP Race Results

Cla		#	Pilot		Motorcycle	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h	Abandonment	Points
1		63	Pecco Bagnaia		Ducati	23	–					25
2		20	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	23	0.635	0.635	0.635			20
3		41	Aleix Espargaró		April	23	1,983	1,983	1,348			16
4		5	Johann Zarco		Ducati	23	2,590	2,590	0.607			13
5		72	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	23	3,067	3,067	0.477			11
6		10	Luca Marini		Ducati	23	3,875	3,875	0.808			10
7		33	Brad Binder		KTM	23	4.067	4.067	0.192			9
8		30	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	23	10,944	10,944	6.877			8
9		88	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	23	11,256	11,256	0.312			7
10		93	Marc Márquez		Sling	23	11,800	11,800	0.544			6
11		49	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	23	12.916	12.916	1.116			5
12		12	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	23	12.917	12.917	0.001			4
13		89	George Martin		Ducati	23	17,240	17,240	4,323			3
14		73	Alex Marquez		Sling	23	17,568	17,568	0.328			two
15		43	Jack Miller		Ducati	23	17,687	17,687	0.119			1
16		40	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	23	20,265	20,265	2,578
17		21	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	23	20,296	20,296	0.031
18		51	Michele Pirro		Dukes	23	21.305	21.305	1.009
19		87	Remy Gardner		KTM	23	30.548	30.548	9.243
20		4	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	23	31.011	31.011	0.463
twenty-one		25	Raul Fernandez		KTM	23	42,723	42,723	11,712
22		32	Lorenzo Savadori		Aprilia	22	39,688	1 Lap	1 Lap
	dnf	23	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	13					Abandonment
	dnf	42	Alex Rins		Suzuki	7					Abandono
	dnf	36	Joan Mir		suzuki	7					Abandonment
	dnf	44	Pol Espargaro		Sling	4					Abandonment