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Just arrived from Portimao, Uri Puigdemont and Germán Garcia Casanova analyze in our usual Podcast-MotoGP the first weekend of the season on European soil, a Grand Prix held in difficult weather conditions and that finally ended with a victory as unappealable as , a priori, little expected of Fabio Quartararo . A success that comes, for the Gallic rider, at the best time for him, when the rider market is in full swing and serves as an argument when it comes to tightening the screws on Yamaha, which continues to resist offering its star rider a contract in accordance with his merits as world champion.
On a sporting level, Quartararo showed that he is the only driver on the Iwata house payroll, who is capable of making the M1 work with a driving display that left his rivals completely unanswered, as well as in a paradoxical situation his brand partners, far, abysmally far, from the records of the young French runner.
The weekend once again left a satellite Ducati on the podium and ahead of the official ones, in this case that of Johann Zarco , who achieved pole position and claimed second place after a very solvent weekend, showing the Frenchman , once again, that he is capable of the best and the worst at the handlebars of the Desmosedici.
The Portimao race also confirmed the excellent moment of Aleix Espargaró , who finished third, and the solidity of an Aprilia that is here to stay and that in the hands of the rider from Granollers seems to have enough level to get into the fight for the championship.
A fight in which the Suzuki rider Alex Rins seems to be completely involved this year, who after a Saturday to forget, started 23rd on the grid and climbed up to fourth position that allows him to co-lead the championship with Quartararo, all in contrast with a Joan Mir who achieved his best classification since he was in MotoGP (2nd) but could not find a way to ride at the pace of the winner, seeing himself overwhelmed in the final part of the race by Jack Miller when both were fighting for third place in the podium.
The negative note of the Portuguese Grand Prix was verifying that the Hondas, in a circuit where much was expected of them, failed to work, Marc Márquez , their best rider on the track, finishing sixth, more than 16 seconds behind the first, a difference that the house with the golden wing cannot afford.
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